Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Tambov 1st with 73 points, Fakel 17th with 41, 32 apart. Recent form told a different story for Tambov: only 5th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Tambov were scoring 1.53 and conceding 0.95, Fakel 1 and 1.08, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Tambov, 1 draw and 1 for Fakel, at 2.33 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals.
I. Panin took charge of the match — our records show 51 games refereed with an average of 1.6 yellow cards per game. Stadion Spartak in Tambov, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.