Match Report
Ural, 13th on 30 points, faced a 26-point deficit to Krasnodar (2nd, 56). Recent form flatters Ural's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Per game in the league, Ural were scoring 1 and conceding 1.53, Krasnodar 1.5 and 0.97, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Ural had lost five in a row. Over the last five, Ural had taken 0 of 15 points to Krasnodar's 8.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ural 1, draws 2, Krasnodar 3, at 3 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
The venue was Ekaterinburg Arena in Jekaterinburg, with room for 35,061 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.