Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Sochi (83rd, 20 pts) and Volgar Astrakhan (929th, 3 pts). The last five rounds placed Sochi no better than 1040th for form, against 83rd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, Sochi ran at 1.69 scored and 1.69 conceded, Volgar Astrakhan at 1 and 0.
Sochi entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Sochi have 0 wins to Volgar Astrakhan's 1, with 3 draws, at 2.75 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht staged the fixture, a ground that holds 47,659. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.




