Match Report
The table gap was wide: 42 points between Baltika Kaliningrad (1st, 69 pts) and Alaniya Vladikavkaz (18th, 27 pts). The last five rounds placed Baltika Kaliningrad no better than 11th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Baltika Kaliningrad were scoring 1.47 and conceding 0.53, Alaniya Vladikavkaz 0.71 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Baltika Kaliningrad entered with eight wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. 5 games without a win framed Alaniya Vladikavkaz's arrival. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Baltika Kaliningrad, 1/15 for Alaniya Vladikavkaz.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Baltika Kaliningrad wins, 2 for Alaniya Vladikavkaz, 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Baltika Stadium (capacity 35,212). Baltika Kaliningrad led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Baltika Kaliningrad: Sergey Pryakhin (45'), Sergey Pryakhin (21'), Kirill Nikishin (80')
Key stats
Total shots: 11-5 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 3-2