Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kuban' Krasnodar 2nd with 97 points, Orel 20th with 35, 62 apart. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Kuban' Krasnodar ran at 2.19 scored and 0.6 conceded, Orel at 0.83 and 1.71.
Kuban' Krasnodar arrived on a run of 15 straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Orel had not won in 8 games. Over the last five, Kuban' Krasnodar had taken 15 of 15 points to Orel's 1.
The match was played at Stadion Kuban' in Krasnodar (capacity 31,654).


