2007| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzhi | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/15 | 3-5 |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak | 15 | L4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3/15 | 3-13 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzhi | 14 | 42 | 54 | -7 | WWWDD | 5 | +9 |
| Sodovik Sterlitamak | 20 | 42 | 34 | -33 | LLLLL | 21 | -1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2007-11-02
On paper the standings were lopsided — Anzhi 14th with 54 points, Sodovik Sterlitamak 20th with 34, 20 apart. On the form table Anzhi stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Per game in the league, Anzhi were scoring 0.95 and conceding 1.12, Sodovik Sterlitamak 0.76 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Sodovik Sterlitamak had lost four in a row.
Anzhi-Arena in Kaspiysk, capacity 28,000, hosted the game.
