Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Volna Kovernino 1st with 56 points, Avangard Kursk 8th with 30, 26 apart. Per game in the league, Volna Kovernino were scoring 2.14 and conceding 0.59, Avangard Kursk 1.27 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.45 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Volna Kovernino, winners of their last seven, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Avangard Kursk had not lost in 5 games. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Volna Kovernino, 9/15 for Avangard Kursk.
The referee was M. Novikov, with 28 matches in our database and 0.5 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Volna Kovernino: Ivan Severyanov (47'), Mikhail Zabotkin (69')