Match Report
53 points separated the sides: KDV 2nd on 53, Zenit Izhevsk 2nd on 0. The last five rounds placed KDV no better than 17th for form, against 2nd in the standings.
Defeat had not touched KDV in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Zenit Izhevsk against 13/15 for KDV.
A. Klyuev officiated: 15 games logged, averaging 0.2 yellow cards each. Stadion Central'nyj Zenit staged the fixture, a ground that holds 19,100. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Zenit Izhevsk: Egor Totskiy (19') · KDV: Nikita Simdyankin (15'), D. Kondrakov (73')
Key stats
Possession: Zenit Izhevsk 44% · KDV 56% · Total shots: 6-8 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 3-8