Match Report
2 points and 3 places separated them: Volga Ulyanovsk 12th with 10, Neftekhimik 9th with 12. Per game in the league, Volga Ulyanovsk were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.56, Neftekhimik 0.7 and 1.3, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Volga Ulyanovsk were winless in 5. From the last five rounds, Volga Ulyanovsk held 1 points of 15 and Neftekhimik 8.
Across 10 recorded meetings, Volga Ulyanovsk have 2 wins to Neftekhimik's 6, with 2 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won.
Stadion Trud staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. With 25 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, V. Falov was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Volga Ulyanovsk led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Volga Ulyanovsk: Andrey Nikitin (41'), Aleksandr Saplinov (90')
Key stats
Possession: Volga Ulyanovsk 58% · Neftekhimik 42% · Total shots: 14-4 · On target: 7-1 · Corners: 3-3