Dizel picked up their first victory of the season with a 2:1 win over CSK VVS at home on Monday evening. The result lifts the hosts off the bottom of the table, while the visitors remain winless after three matches. By then the game had already settled into its rhythm — a tight contest decided by whichever side kept their heads longest.
Home supporters watched as their team gradually took control of the match. CSK VVS arrived with nothing to show from their opening three fixtures, all defeats, and that weight seemed to hang over their shoulders. To be fair, the visitors created chances but failed to find the net when it mattered most.
We had called for a home victory with 46 per cent confidence before kickoff, and the prediction held true. The hosts had shown enough in their previous two games to suggest they could take points off a struggling side. What separated them was composure in the decisive moments rather than anything spectacular.
The away side have now lost every game they have played this season — three defeats, zero points, zero wins. Their recent form includes losses to Tambov, Buran Voronezh, Orsk, Toros Neftekamsk and Bars. The hosts, meanwhile, dropped points in both of their opening matches against Kristall Saratov and Tambov before finally breaking through.
That single win moves Dizel to ten places up the table, though the standings remain fluid after such early rounds. The goal difference will matter more as the season progresses, but for now the gap between these two sides is clear enough. One result does not make a season, but it certainly starts one.