Match Report
The table gap was wide: 42 points between Tver (3rd, 59 pts) and Zenit Irkutsk (16th, 17 pts). Zenit Irkutsk had been under-performing their position — 59th on five-round form against 16th in the table. Per game in the league, Zenit Irkutsk were scoring 0.5 and conceding 2.27, Tver 1.87 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Zenit Irkutsk had been beaten in 14 straight games. Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Tver. From the last five rounds, Zenit Irkutsk held 0 points of 15 and Tver 10.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-3.


