Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Tuapse (13th, 30 pts) held a 20-point advantage over Essentuki (17th, 10 pts). Against a league average of 1.44 goals per team per game, Tuapse ran at 1.16 scored and 1.75 conceded, Essentuki at 0.5 and 3.31.
Essentuki arrived off four straight defeats.
The referee was V. Shamara, with 31 matches in our database and 1.0 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Stadion Vodnik in Tuapse (capacity 2,370). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tuapse led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.




