Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Baltika Kaliningrad 1st with 69 points, SKA Khabarovsk 6th with 53, 16 apart. Baltika Kaliningrad had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, SKA Khabarovsk were scoring 1.29 and conceding 1.21, Baltika Kaliningrad 1.47 and 0.53, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
Baltika Kaliningrad entered with three wins in a row.
GioScore's database holds 14 meetings between the two: 2 for SKA Khabarovsk, 8 for Baltika Kaliningrad and 4 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 7% of the meetings.
Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,200. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
SKA Khabarovsk: Georgi Gongadze (27') · Baltika Kaliningrad: Brayan Gil (45'), Vitaliy Lisakovich (51')
Key stats
Possession: SKA Khabarovsk 53% · Baltika Kaliningrad 47% · Total shots: 6-5 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 5-2