Match Report
34 points for Novosibirsk (5th), 24 for Zenit Izhevsk (2nd): a 10-point gap. The last five rounds placed Zenit Izhevsk no better than 20th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 2.25 goals per team per game, Novosibirsk ran at 5.8 scored and 6.6 conceded, Zenit Izhevsk at 4.8 and 3.2.
Zenit Izhevsk had not won in 12 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The match was played at Stadion Spartak (capacity 12,500). Novosibirsk led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Novosibirsk: Anton Penchelyuzov (13'), Nikita Zagorodnev (66') · Zenit Izhevsk: D. Kravchenko (47'), A. Novitskiy (90')




