Match Report
49 points separated the sides: Tyumen 3rd on 60, Lada Tolyatti 15th on 11. The last five rounds placed Lada Tolyatti 11th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Tyumen ran at 2.82 scored and 1.07 conceded, Lada Tolyatti at 0.89 and 2.79.
Tyumen's unbeaten run stood at 9, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Lada Tolyatti — three in succession. The last-five ledger: Tyumen 9/15, Lada Tolyatti 3/15.
The match was played at Stadion Geolog in Tyumen' (capacity 13,057). The referee was A. Petrenko, with 46 matches in our database and 0.6 yellows per game on average. Tyumen led 4-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 7-0 full-time score.