Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rotor Volgograd 9th with 47 points, Alaniya Vladikavkaz 18th with 27, 20 apart. Alaniya Vladikavkaz's recent output outran their position: 14th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.71/1.47 for Alaniya Vladikavkaz and 0.94/0.76 for Rotor Volgograd (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.08.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Alaniya Vladikavkaz, 2 by Rotor Volgograd, 2 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The referee was K. Averjanov, with 43 matches in our database and 1.7 yellows per game on average. Respublikanskiy stadion Spartak, capacity 32,464, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Rotor Volgograd led 3-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Alaniya Vladikavkaz: Alan Bagaev (90') · Rotor Volgograd: Timur Kasimov (9'), Mikhail Maltsev (34'), Dmitriy Lavrishchev (18')