Match Report
Nothing between them on points: 19 each, with Mordovia Saransk 18th and Fakel 19th. Scoring rates set the scale: Mordovia Saransk 0.78 scored and 1.63 conceded per game, Fakel 0.52 and 1.63, with the league averaging 1.2.
Mordovia Saransk's winless run stood at 10. Fakel had lost three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Mordovia Saransk, 1 for Fakel and 1 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
A. Amelin took charge of the match — our records show 45 games refereed with an average of 0.8 yellow cards per game. Stadion Start in Saransk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,200. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.