Match Report
23 points separated the sides: Yenisey 7th on 49, Sokol Saratov 17th on 26. Sokol Saratov had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall.
Sokol Saratov arrived off eight straight defeats. Momentum sat with Yenisey, winners of their last four, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Sokol Saratov had taken 0 of 15 points to Yenisey's 13.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sokol Saratov 1, draws 1, Yenisey 6, 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