About Match
18 points for Ural (5th), 14 for Shinnik (8th): a 4-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Ural 1.78 scored and 0.44 conceded per game, Shinnik 1.56 and 1.22, with the league averaging 1.34. A win here leaves Ural on 21 points and up to 3rd, other results permitting.
Ural have not lost in 8 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Shinnik are unbeaten in 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 6 Ural wins, 1 for Shinnik, 2 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Ekaterinburg Arena in Jekaterinburg, capacity 10,000, hosts the game.