| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff | 15 | D1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7/15 | 6-6 |
| Kuban' Krasnodar | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7/15 | 8-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff | 175 | 7 | 13 | 9 | LDWWL | 366 | -191 |
| Kuban' Krasnodar | 43 | 12 | 21 | 4 | LWWWW | 66 | -23 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-02-08
13 points for Sheriff (175th), 21 for Kuban' Krasnodar (43rd): an 8-point gap. Sheriff ranked just 366th in the league on five-round form despite their 175th table position. Per game in the league, Sheriff were scoring 2.71 and conceding 1.43, Kuban' Krasnodar 1.5 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.75 goals per team per game.
Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena in Tiraspol staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,000.
