Match Report
4th against 3rd, but level on points: Zenit Izhevsk and Nosta both had 6. Recent form told a different story for Zenit Izhevsk: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Zenit Izhevsk 1.25 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, Nosta 1.25 and 1, with the league averaging 1.52.
Zenit Izhevsk were winless in 6, having scored in 8 consecutive games. 5 matches unbeaten backed Nosta's arrival. Over the last five, Zenit Izhevsk had taken 2 of 15 points to Nosta's 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Zenit Izhevsk wins, 0 for Nosta, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Stadion Central'nyj Zenit (capacity 19,100). With 7 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, P. Platonov was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Zenit Izhevsk: Aleksandr Rybolovlev (38') · Nosta: Artur Ananyan (37'), Arseniy Vainer (78')
Key stats
Corners: 6-1