Match Report
In the standings it was Ural 5th on 58 points, SKA Rostov 11th on 50 — separated by 8. The last five rounds placed SKA Rostov 1st in the league for form — higher than their 11th in the standings. Per game in the league, Ural were scoring 1.03 and conceding 0.73, SKA Rostov 0.86 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
SKA Rostov entered with three losses in a row. Ural had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; SKA Rostov, 2.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Ural have 1 win to SKA Rostov's 1, with 2 draws, at 1.25 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadion Uralmash in Ekaterinburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 35,061. On the scoreboard, Ural led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.