About Match
3 points and 3 places separate them: Akron 14th with 5, Orenburg 11th with 8. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Akron run at 1.13 scored and 2.25 conceded, Orenburg at 0.88 and 1.25. Victory would move Akron to 8 points and up to 11th, overtaking Orenburg, with other results unchanged.
Level finishes have become the habit for Akron: four in a row. Orenburg have not won in 5 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 1 Akron win, 4 for Orenburg, 4 draws, at 2.22 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings.
Samara Arena in Samara stages the fixture, a ground that holds 44,918.