Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Krasnodar 10th with 52 points, MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye 20th with 17, 35 apart. Krasnodar had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Per game in the league, Krasnodar were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.24, MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye 0.26 and 1.97, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
MVD Rossii-Krylatskoye entered with 12 losses in a row.
The venue was Stadion FK Krasnodar in Krasnodar, with room for 31,654 spectators.




