Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kuban' Krasnodar 1st with 80 points, Irtysh 19th with 28, 52 apart. Per game in the league, Kuban' Krasnodar were scoring 1.35 and conceding 0.49, Irtysh 0.68 and 1.35, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Kuban' Krasnodar had not lost in 9 games. Irtysh arrived off five straight defeats. Over the last five, Kuban' Krasnodar had taken 13 of 15 points to Irtysh's 0.
The match was played at Stadion Kuban' (capacity 31,654). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kuban' Krasnodar: Sergey Davydov (8'), Rustem Kalimullin (41') · Irtysh: Maksim Rybalko (29')