Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Baltika Kaliningrad 2nd with 67 points, Krasnodar II 16th with 31, 36 apart. The last five rounds placed Krasnodar II 5th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Krasnodar II 0.94 scored and 1.59 conceded per game, Baltika Kaliningrad 1.65 and 0.88, with the league averaging 1.14.
Krasnodar II had gone 13 games without a win. Baltika Kaliningrad came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Krasnodar II against 15/15 for Baltika Kaliningrad.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 3 Krasnodar II wins, 5 for Baltika Kaliningrad, 0 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 88% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stadion Akademii FK Krasnodar, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Baltika Kaliningrad led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Baltika Kaliningrad: Kirill Folmer (13'), A. Osipov (78'), G. Guzina (83')
Key stats
Possession: Krasnodar II 0% · Baltika Kaliningrad 53% · Corners: 3-6