Match Report
11 games without a win framed Neftekhimik's arrival.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Neftekhimik wins, 1 for Akron, 2 draws, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 14% of the meetings went to the host. The recent editions have closed up — 1.6 goals per game over the last five against 2.86 all-time.
With 62 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, E. Egorov was the man in the middle. The venue was Stadion Rubin in Kazan', with room for 3,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.