Match Report
46 points separated the sides: Volga Ulyanovsk 1st on 62, Zenit Izhevsk 14th on 16. Zenit Izhevsk's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 14th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Volga Ulyanovsk 2.04 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Zenit Izhevsk 0.71 and 1.96, with the league averaging 1.5.
Seven consecutive wins preceded this game for Volga Ulyanovsk, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Defeat had followed defeat for Zenit Izhevsk — five in succession. Volga Ulyanovsk had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Zenit Izhevsk, 0.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Volga Ulyanovsk, 1 for Zenit Izhevsk and 1 drawn, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Stadion Trud in Ulyanovsk, with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.