About Match
Akron go into the game 14th in the table on 5 points; Dynamo Makhachkala sit 6th on 12 — a 7-point gap. Per game in the league, Akron score 1.13 and conceding 2.25, Dynamo Makhachkala 1.75 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. If Akron win, their total rises to 8 and up to 11th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Level finishes have become the habit for Akron: four in a row.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Akron 4, draws 4, Dynamo Makhachkala 0, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 13% saw more than two goals.
The venue is Samara Arena in Samara, with room for 44,918 spectators.