Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Yenisey 7th with 49 points, Sokol Saratov 17th with 26, 23 apart. The last five rounds placed Sokol Saratov 2nd in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings.
Sokol Saratov arrived off eight straight defeats. Yenisey entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Sokol Saratov 0/15, Yenisey 13/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 1 Sokol Saratov win, 6 for Yenisey, 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 63% of the meetings. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.8 goals per game across the last five against 3 historically.
Goal scorers
Yenisey: Andrey Okladnikov (35'), Andrey Okladnikov (71'), Artem Pogosov (77'), Artem Pogosov (89')
Key stats
Possession: Sokol Saratov 50% · Yenisey 50% · Total shots: 4-10 · On target: 1-6 · Corners: 6-3