Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Chernomorets (1st, 72 pts) held a 40-point advantage over SKA Rostov (3rd, 32 pts). SKA Rostov ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Chernomorets were scoring 12.6 and conceding 4.2, SKA Rostov 3.67 and 2.67, against a competition average of 2.04 goals per team per game.
Chernomorets came in having won three on the spin.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Chernomorets, 2 for SKA Rostov and 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more.
The referee was I. Kholin, with 29 matches in our database and 0.5 yellows per game on average. Stadion Central'nyj in Novorossiysk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,500. Chernomorets led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.