Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Tambov (1st, 73 pts) and Luch Vladivostok (12th, 47 pts). The last five rounds placed Tambov no better than 5th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Tambov were scoring 1.53 and conceding 0.95, Luch Vladivostok 0.76 and 0.74, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Tambov in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Tambov held 13 points of 15 and Luch Vladivostok 5.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Tambov have 4 wins to Luch Vladivostok's 0, with 2 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 17% saw more than two goals.
With 49 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, P. Kukuyan was the man in the middle. Stadion Spartak in Tambov, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.