About Match
6 points and 7 places separate them: Baltika Kaliningrad 7th with 11, Akron 14th with 5. Scoring rates set the scale: Baltika Kaliningrad 1.5 scored and 1.13 conceded per game, Akron 1.13 and 2.25, with the league averaging 1.39. Victory would move Baltika Kaliningrad to 14 points and up to 6th, with other results unchanged.
Akron arrive off four consecutive draws.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 8 Baltika Kaliningrad wins, 2 for Akron, 2 draws, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 42% of those meetings. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 33% of meetings.
Kaliningrad Stadium in Kaliningrad stages the fixture, a ground that holds 35,212.