Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Nosta 3rd with 6, Ural 2 5th with 4. Recent form told a different story for Ural 2: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Scoring rates set the scale: Nosta 1.25 scored and 1 conceded per game, Ural 2 1.25 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.52.
Nosta's unbeaten run stood at 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Nosta held 11 points of 15 and Ural 2 3.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by Nosta, 3 by Ural 2, 2 drawn, at 2.78 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 56%.
A. Perepelkov officiated: 8 games logged, averaging 0.0 yellow cards each. The match was played at Stadion Metallurg (capacity 30,251). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Ural 2: Stanislav Bondarenko (90')
Key stats
Corners: 2-1