Match Report
Sochi had gone 11 games without a win.
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). The referee was I. Panin, with 51 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.