Match Report
10 points for Chernomorets (22nd), 1 for Zenit Irkutsk (770th): a 9-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Chernomorets: only 1991st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 22nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Chernomorets 2 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, Zenit Irkutsk 1 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.93.
Zenit Irkutsk had lost four in a row.
Stadion Central'nyj in Novorossiysk, capacity 12,500, hosted the game. Chernomorets led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.


