Match Report
Fakel (16th, 18 pts) visited FK Nizjni Novgorod (13th, 27 pts) with 9 points between them. On the form table FK Nizjni Novgorod stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Per game in the league, FK Nizjni Novgorod were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.8, Fakel 0.47 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Fakel had gone 14 games without a win. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for FK Nizjni Novgorod against 1/15 for Fakel.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for FK Nizjni Novgorod, 2 draws and 4 for Fakel, at 2.09 goals per meeting.
The venue was Stadion Nizhny Novgorod in Nizhniy Novgorod, with room for 17,856 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fakel led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
FK Nizjni Novgorod: Vyacheslav Grulev (67') · Fakel: Ilnur Alshin (18')