Match Report
Rotor Volgograd went into the game 1st in the table on 56 points; Chertanovo sat 3rd on 54 — a 2-point gap. Against a league average of 1.2 goals per team per game, Rotor Volgograd ran at 1.52 scored and 0.78 conceded, Chertanovo at 1.37 and 0.7.
Rotor Volgograd had won three straight. Chertanovo arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
Volgograd Arena in Volgograd staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. Chertanovo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.




