Match Report
Sokol Saratov (1st, 46 pts) visited Saransk (2nd, 44 pts) with 2 points between them. On recent form Saransk sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Saransk were scoring 2.2 and conceding 1, Sokol Saratov 1.9 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Sokol Saratov came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Saransk 7/15, Sokol Saratov 15/15.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.