Match Report
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk went into the game 11th in the table on 21 points; Slavia sat 10th on 22 — a 1-point gap. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Arsenal Dzerzhinsk were scoring 1.1 and conceding 1.75, Slavia 1.05 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk entered with three losses in a row. Slavia entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 1/15, Slavia 9/15.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, 2 draws and 2 for Slavia, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 20% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
D. Markov officiated: 56 games logged, averaging 1.2 yellow cards each. The venue was City Stadium, with room for 22,611 spectators. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk: Dmitri Antilevski (20') · Slavia: Kirill Chernook (70'), Andrey Solovei (73'), Andrey Solovei (85')
Key stats
Possession: Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 39% · Slavia 61% · On target: 1-6 · Corners: 2-4