Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Tver 9th on 27, Irkutsk 15th on 12. On the form table Tver stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Tver 1.45 scored and 1.64 conceded per game, Irkutsk 0.79 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.36.
Tver had been beaten in three straight games.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Tver have 1 win to Irkutsk's 3, with 1 draw, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Tver: Matvey Shavel (71'), 2 goals with no recorded scorer · Irkutsk: Ivan Yakovlev (18'), Dmitriy Pytlev (27')




