About Match
5 points and 1 places separate them: Neftyanik Ufa 12th with 18, Astrakhan 11th with 23. Neftyanik Ufa rank just 16th in the league on five-round form despite their 12th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Neftyanik Ufa 0.91 scored and 2.68 conceded per game, Astrakhan 1.24 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.37. A win would lift Astrakhan to 26 points and up to 10th (other results unchanged).
Defeat has followed defeat for Neftyanik Ufa — seven in succession.




