Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Sokol Saratov (1st, 46 pts) and Fakel II (8th, 18 pts). Recent form told a different story for Fakel II: only 37th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Scoring rates set the scale: Fakel II 1.5 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Sokol Saratov 1.9 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.44.
Defeat had followed defeat for Fakel II — eight in succession. Sokol Saratov carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Fakel II had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Sokol Saratov, 13.
The match was played at Central'nyj Stadion Profsoyuzov in Voronezh. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.


