Match Report
Avangard Kursk went into the game 8th in the table on 56 points; Sochi sat 2nd on 69 — a 13-point gap. Avangard Kursk ranked just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Avangard Kursk were scoring 1.29 and conceding 1.11, Sochi 1.74 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Sochi came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Avangard Kursk held 5 points of 15 and Sochi 15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Avangard Kursk win, 2 for Sochi, 2 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Stadion Trudovye Reservy in Kursk (capacity 11,329). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.