Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Isloch 1st with 41 points, Arsenal 11th with 21, 20 apart. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Arsenal were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.75, Isloch 1.74 and 0.74, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Arsenal, 0 draws and 4 for Isloch, at 2.57 goals per meeting.
City Stadium, capacity 22,611, hosted the game. P. Koronets took charge of the match — our records show 65 games refereed with an average of 1.6 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Arsenal: Yuri Lovets (23'), Valeri Gorbachik (65') · Isloch: A. Butko (56'), Aleksandr Svirepa (24')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal 48% · Isloch 52% · Total shots: 8-9 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 4-5