Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Chelyabinsk 4th on 41, Nosta 5th on 14. The last five rounds placed Nosta no better than 24th for form, against 5th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 3.8/5 for Nosta and 7.6/6 for Chelyabinsk (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.25.
A win had eluded Nosta for 11 matches. The last-five ledger: Nosta 3/15, Chelyabinsk 9/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Nosta win, 3 for Chelyabinsk, 2 draws, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadion Gazovik in Orenburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,950. On the scoreboard, Chelyabinsk led 2-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-2 the final score.