Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Amkar Perm' 3rd with 47 points, Zenit Izhevsk 2nd with 24, 23 apart. Recent form told a different story for Zenit Izhevsk: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, Amkar Perm' were scoring 8.6 and conceding 6.2, Zenit Izhevsk 4.8 and 3.2, against a competition average of 2.25 goals per team per game.
Zenit Izhevsk had gone 6 games without a win.
The match was played at Stadion Zvezda in Perm' (capacity 17,000). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.


