Match Report
The table read 9th (Rostov, 8 pts) against 8th (Rubin Kazan, 10 pts), 2 points apart. Rubin Kazan had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall. Per game in the league, Rostov were scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.57, Rubin Kazan 1.43 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Rostov, 4/15 for Rubin Kazan.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 5 for Rostov, 3 for Rubin Kazan and 4 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadion Central’nyj im. I.P. Chayka, capacity 2,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rostov led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Rostov: Timur Suleymanov (30') · Rubin Kazan: Jacques Siwe (51')
Key stats
Possession: Rostov 47% · Rubin Kazan 53% · Total shots: 13-9 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 5-3