| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Druzhba | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4/15 | 4-6 |
| Essentuki | 15 | D3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3/15 | 0-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Druzhba | 4 | 6 | 25 | -4 | LWLLD | 19 | -15 |
| Essentuki | 14 | 26 | 13 | -42 | LDDDD | 19 | -5 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2022-11-04
The table read 4th (Druzhba, 25 pts) against 14th (Essentuki, 13 pts), 12 points apart. Druzhba ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. In league terms the two rates read 3/3.67 for Druzhba and 0.23/1.85 for Essentuki (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 2.04.
Essentuki's last three games had all finished level.
The match was played at Stadion Druzhba in Maykop (capacity 15,000).
