In the Russian Cup game on 8 October 2026, Yaroslavl beat Gorky N. Novgorod 2:3.
Match report
Yaroslavl claimed a 3-2 victory over leaders Gorky Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Cup on Thursday. The result defied expectations given the table positions heading into the fixture. The away side moved off the bottom of Group 4 with their first win in six matches.
Gorky Nizhny Novgorod remain top of the standings with 14 points from six games. Their solitary defeat now comes against the very side they had previously dominated this season. Yaroslavl, meanwhile, sit fourth with four points after just one victory.
We had backed the hosts for victory with 71 per cent confidence. By then the pattern seemed clear — Gorky Nizhny Novgorod had beaten Yaroslavl twice already this campaign, both times by comfortable margins. And here's the thing: volleyball has a habit of producing these exact reversals. The draw brought them together early, and the pressure did something to the home side's rhythm.
The result leaves Gorky Nizhny Novgorod with one loss in their opening six matches. Yaroslavl have now found a way back into contention after five defeats. The gap between them is still ten points, but the momentum has shifted in a tournament where the table goes out of the window in these games.
Prepared from match data
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Match prediction: Gorky N. Novgorod — Yaroslavl
Win: Gorky N. Novgorod
Confidence71%
Reasoning
Горький Нижний Новгород — 1. place, 14 points after 6 games (5 wins, 1 losses)
Ярославль — 4. place, 4 points after 6 games (1 wins, 5 losses)
Горький Нижний Новгород, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
Ярославль, last 5 games: 1 wins, 4 losses
Head-to-head: 4 games, Горький Нижний Новгород — 3, Ярославль — 1
