Match Report
13 points and 1 places separated them: Lokomotiv Moskva 3rd with 53, Krasnodar 2nd with 66. On recent form Lokomotiv Moskva sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Lokomotiv Moskva 1.8 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, Krasnodar 2 and 0.77, with the league averaging 1.27.
Defeat had not touched Krasnodar in 9 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Lokomotiv Moskva held 7 points of 15 and Krasnodar 13.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Lokomotiv Moskva have 2 wins to Krasnodar's 2, with 3 draws, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture.
RZD Arena in Moskva, capacity 28,800, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Lokomotiv Moskva: Aleksandr Rudenko (11') · Krasnodar: Douglas Augusto (15')