Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Murom (3rd, 44 pts) and Zvezda Sint Petersburg (11th, 21 pts). Zvezda Sint Petersburg had been under-performing their position — 15th on five-round form against 11th in the table. Against a league average of 1.36 goals per team per game, Zvezda Sint Petersburg ran at 1.24 scored and 1.57 conceded, Murom at 1.71 and 0.81.
Zvezda Sint Petersburg's winless run stood at 5. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Murom. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Zvezda Sint Petersburg, 12/15 for Murom.
4 meetings are on record — 0 won by Zvezda Sint Petersburg, 2 by Murom, 2 drawn, at 4.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. 100% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
P. Platonov officiated: 7 games logged, averaging 0.0 yellow cards each. Murom led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Murom: Nikita Kozlovskiy (4'), Ruslan Bolov (32'), Shamil Saaduev (88')