FK Pari Nizhnii Novgorod 1, FK Orenburg 2

ORENBURG, Russia (Interstat) — Alexandre Jesus scored twice in a stunning three-minute span late in the second half Wednesday to lift FK Orenburg to a 2-1 comeback victory over Nizhny Novgorod in a Russian Premier League match at Stadion Gazovik. The result defied pregame projections, which heavily favored the visitors. According to Interstat’s ELO system, Nizhny Novgorod entered with a 52.20 percent probability of winning. The same analytics service had simulated a 1-1 draw, a result that seemed increasingly likely as the game entered its final quarter-hour. Instead, the match was decisively altered by the Brazilian forward’s late heroics. After… Read more...