Match Report
10 points and 5 places separated them: FK Nizjni Novgorod 15th with 23, Rostov 10th with 33. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, FK Nizjni Novgorod ran at 0.87 scored and 1.67 conceded, Rostov at 0.83 and 1.07.
Rostov had gone 6 games without a win. From the last five rounds, FK Nizjni Novgorod held 9 points of 15 and Rostov 1.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — FK Nizjni Novgorod 3, draws 1, Rostov 4, at 2 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stade Municipal 1 staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,856. Rostov led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Rostov: Ronaldo (29')
Key stats
Possession: FK Nizjni Novgorod 49% · Rostov 51% · Total shots: 8-11 · On target: 1-3 · Corners: 8-7