Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Kuban Kholding (4th, 49 pts) held a 36-point advantage over Essentuki (14th, 13 pts). On recent form Kuban Kholding sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Kuban Kholding 9.2 scored and 6.8 conceded per game, Essentuki 0.23 and 1.85, with the league averaging 2.04.
7 games without a win framed Essentuki's arrival. Kuban Kholding had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Essentuki, 1.
The match was played at Stadion Urozhay in Pavlovskaya (capacity 3,500).




