Match Report
12 points and 11 places separated them: Fakel 16th with 3, Zenit 5th with 15. In league terms the two rates read 0.75/1.5 for Fakel and 2/0.88 for Zenit (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.39.
9 games without a win framed Fakel's arrival.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 0 Fakel wins, 6 for Zenit, 1 draw, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov, with room for 32,750 spectators. With 45 matches recorded and 1.4 yellow cards per game, A. Frolov was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Zenit: Aleksandr Sobolev (90')
Key stats
Possession: Fakel 30% · Zenit 70% · Total shots: 8-21 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 2-6