Match Report
Volgar Astrakhan went into the game 16th in the table on 34 points; Urozhay sat 18th on 23 — an 11-point gap. Volgar Astrakhan ranked 11th in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Volgar Astrakhan 0.85 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Urozhay 0.59 and 1.56, with the league averaging 1.1.
Urozhay entered with four losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Volgar Astrakhan win, 2 for Urozhay, 3 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 17% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 17% saw more than two goals.
The venue was Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom in Astrakhan', with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Volgar Astrakhan led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.