Match Report
Baltika Kaliningrad, 1st with 69 points, sat 31 points above Neftekhimik (12th, 38). Baltika Kaliningrad ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Neftekhimik 0.91 scored and 1.09 conceded per game, Baltika Kaliningrad 1.47 and 0.53, with the league averaging 1.08.
Momentum sat with Baltika Kaliningrad, winners of their last five. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Neftekhimik against 15/15 for Baltika Kaliningrad.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Neftekhimik, 7 draws and 1 for Baltika Kaliningrad, at 0.9 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stadion Rubin, capacity 3,200, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Neftekhimik led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Neftekhimik: Danila Emeljanov (42') · Baltika Kaliningrad: Y. Kovalev (73'), Aleksandr Osipov (63')