Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Novosibirsk 5th on 34, Ural 2 6th on 13. Recent form told a different story for Ural 2: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Per game in the league, Ural 2 were scoring 3.6 and conceding 4.8, Novosibirsk 5.8 and 6.6, against a competition average of 2.25 goals per team per game.
Ural 2 had gone 7 games without a win. Novosibirsk were unbeaten in 7, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Ural 2 2/15, Novosibirsk 11/15.
The match was played at Sport Baza Bazhoviya (capacity 35,061). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ural 2 led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Ural 2: I. Nekrasov (73'), V. Kozyrev (8'), A. Shabolin (68') · Novosibirsk: M. Zhitnev (90'), M. Zhitnev (90')
Key stats
Corners: 6-2




