About Match
3 points and 1 places separate them: Zvezda Sint Petersburg 10th with 21, Cherepovets 9th with 24. Cherepovets rank just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Zvezda Sint Petersburg run at 1.37 scored and 1.53 conceded, Cherepovets at 1.05 and 1.6. Victory would move Zvezda Sint Petersburg to 24 points and up to 8th, overtaking Cherepovets, with other results unchanged.
Defeat has followed defeat for Cherepovets — three in succession.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Zvezda Sint Petersburg, 1 for Cherepovets and 1 drawn, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%.