Match Report
Sevastopol, 2nd with 45 points, sat 17 points above Nart Cherkessk (8th, 28). Nart Cherkessk's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 8th in the table.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 6 Sevastopol wins, 0 for Nart Cherkessk, 1 draw, at 2.43 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 29% of the wins in this matchup. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
With 38 matches recorded and 1.1 yellow cards per game, V. Shipkov was the man in the middle. The match was played at MSK Arena (capacity 5,860). On the scoreboard, Sevastopol led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Sevastopol: Vadim Zubavlenko (4'), D. Ivanov (26') · Nart Cherkessk: Konstantin Erokhin (51')