Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Alaniya Vladikavkaz 8th with 49 points, Urozhay 18th with 23, 26 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Alaniya Vladikavkaz 1.24 scored and 1.24 conceded per game, Urozhay 0.59 and 1.56, with the league averaging 1.1.
Urozhay had lost three in a row.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Alaniya Vladikavkaz, 2 draws and 0 for Urozhay, at 4.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Akhmat Arena in Groznyi, capacity 30,597, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.