Match Report
Shinnik went into the game 8th in the table on 13 points; Sochi sat 3rd on 19 — a 6-point gap. Per game in the league, Shinnik were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.13, Sochi 2 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Shinnik's last three games had all finished level, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Shinnik wins, 2 for Sochi, 4 draws, at 2.13 goals per meeting. Only 0% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The referee was R. Ziyakov, with 55 matches in our database and 1.1 yellows per game on average. The venue was Stadion Shinnik, with room for 22,990 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shinnik led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Shinnik: I. Porokhov (13'), V. Karpov (48') · Sochi: Aleksandr Osipov (57'), Roman Ezhov (60')
Key stats
Possession: Shinnik 34% · Sochi 66% · Total shots: 6-10 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 3-7