| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 7 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7/15 | 9-6 |
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | 15 | D5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5/15 | 6-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 271 | 5 | 10 | 7 | WLDWW | 138 | +133 |
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | 103 | 9 | 16 | 8 | DLWWD | 298 | -195 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-02-15
10 points for Khimik Dzerzhinsk (271st), 16 for FK Nizjni Novgorod (103rd): a 6-point gap. The last five rounds placed FK Nizjni Novgorod no better than 298th for form, against 103rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.75 goals per team per game, Khimik Dzerzhinsk ran at 2 scored and 0.6 conceded, FK Nizjni Novgorod at 1.78 and 0.89.
FK Nizjni Novgorod had drawn five in a row.
Stadion Khimik in Dzerzhinsk staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,266.
