Match Report
In the standings it was Volgar Astrakhan 11th on 45 points, Sibir 7th on 53 — separated by 8. Recent form told a different story for Sibir: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Scoring rates set the scale: Volgar Astrakhan 1.05 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Sibir 1 and 0.82, with the league averaging 1.18.
Volgar Astrakhan's winless run stood at 5. Over the last five, Volgar Astrakhan had taken 2 of 15 points to Sibir's 8.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Volgar Astrakhan, 1 draw and 4 for Sibir, at 2.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom in Astrakhan', with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.