Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Rodina Moskva (5th, 50 pts) and Krasnodar II (16th, 31 pts). On the form table Krasnodar II stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 16th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Krasnodar II 0.94 scored and 1.59 conceded per game, Rodina Moskva 1.24 and 1.12, with the league averaging 1.14.
Krasnodar II had gone 15 games without a win. Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Rodina Moskva, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Krasnodar II held 2 points of 15 and Rodina Moskva 11.
The venue was Stadion Akademii FK Krasnodar in Krasnodar, with room for 3,000 spectators. Krasnodar II led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.