Match Report
Chertanovo (5th, 61 pts) visited Sochi (2nd, 69 pts) with 8 points between them. Recent form flatters Chertanovo's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Sochi were scoring 1.74 and conceding 0.89, Chertanovo 1.76 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Sochi carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Sochi had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Chertanovo, 6.
The match was played at Malaya Sportivnaya Arena in St. Petersburg (capacity 3,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.