Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Alaniya (3rd, 70 pts) held a 23-point advantage over SKA Rostov (15th, 47 pts). Recent form told a different story for SKA Rostov: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 15th. Against a league average of 1.14 goals per team per game, SKA Rostov ran at 1.13 scored and 1.11 conceded, Alaniya at 1.5 and 0.79.
Alaniya had not lost in 5 games.
Stadion Trud, Moskva in Moscow staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.




