| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sochi | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 | 1-5 |
| Orel | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 0-1 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sochi | 18 | 14 | 10 | -17 | LLLLD | 20 | -2 |
| Orel | 7 | 15 | 27 | 8 | DDDWW | 6 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2005-08-25
17 points separated the sides: Orel 7th on 27, Sochi 18th on 10. Per game in the league, Sochi were scoring 1.14 and conceding 2.36, Orel 1.27 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Malaya Sportivnaya Arena in St. Petersburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000.
