Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Alaniya Vladikavkaz 8th with 49 points, Volgar Astrakhan 16th with 34, 15 apart. On the form table Volgar Astrakhan stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.24/1.24 for Alaniya Vladikavkaz and 0.85/1.29 for Volgar Astrakhan (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1.
Volgar Astrakhan's winless run stood at 9.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Alaniya Vladikavkaz, 3 draws and 4 for Volgar Astrakhan, at 2 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 22% of the meetings.
The match was played at Akhmat Arena in Groznyi (capacity 30,597). With 47 matches recorded and 1.2 yellow cards per game, A. Lapatukhin was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.