Match Report
The table read 14th (Chita, 25 pts) against 16th (Zenit Irkutsk, 17 pts), 8 points apart. Zenit Irkutsk had been under-performing their position — 59th on five-round form against 16th in the table. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, Chita ran at 0.87 scored and 2.2 conceded, Zenit Irkutsk at 0.5 and 2.27.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Zenit Irkutsk.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Chita 0, draws 1, Zenit Irkutsk 3, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Stadion Lokomotiv staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-0.




