Match Report
3 points and 2 places separated them: Orenburg 3rd with 3, Rubin Kazan 1st with 6. Orenburg ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. In league terms the two rates read 2/2.33 for Orenburg and 0.67/2.33 for Rubin Kazan (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.15.
Orenburg's unbeaten run stood at 5. 5 matches unbeaten backed Rubin Kazan's arrival.
The sides have met 16 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Orenburg, 6 draws and 6 for Rubin Kazan, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 31% of meetings won. Where history says 2.5 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.2.
S. Tsyganok took charge of the match — our records show 33 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. Stadion Gazovik, capacity 7,520, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rubin Kazan led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Orenburg: Andrey Kasadzhikov (54') · Rubin Kazan: Jacques Siwe (12')
Key stats
Possession: Orenburg 53% · Rubin Kazan 47% · Total shots: 12-16 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 8-2