Match Report
6 points and 3 places separated them: Kuban' Krasnodar 9th with 49, Sochi 6th with 55. The last five rounds placed Kuban' Krasnodar no better than 19th for form, against 9th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Kuban' Krasnodar ran at 1.24 scored and 1.24 conceded, Sochi at 1.37 and 1.24.
Sochi had drawn their last three.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Kuban' Krasnodar, 2 draws and 0 for Sochi, at 2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 25% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Stadion Kuban' in Krasnodar (capacity 31,654). Sochi led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.