FK Baltika Kaliningrad vs FK Rubin Kazan, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FK Baltika Kaliningrad vs FK Rubin Kazan — RFPL at Arena Baltika.
- FK Baltika Kaliningrad 30 games · 46 pts (2025/26)
- FK Rubin Kazan 30 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Yan Bobrovskiy
- Assistant 1 Dmitriy Ermakov (Russia)
- Assistant 2 Aleksey Shiryaev
4 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 8.3 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 68 2 FK Krasnodar 30 66 3 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 30 53 4 FK Spartak Moskva 30 52 5 PFC CSKA Moskva 30 51 6 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 30 46 7 FK Dinamo Moskva 30 45 8 FK Rubin Kazan 30 43 9 RFK Akhmat Grozny 30 37 10 FK Rostov 30 33 11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 30 32 12 FK Orenburg 30 29 13 FK Akron Tolyatti 30 27 14 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 30 26 15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 23 16 PFK Sochi 30 22 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May FK Rubin Kazan H 0–1 L 27 Apr FK Akron Tolyatti H 0–1 L 23 Apr RFK Akhmat Grozny A 1–1 D 19 Apr FK Krasnodar A 2–2 D 11 Apr FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–2 D 05 Apr FK Dinamo Makhachkala A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May FK Baltika Kaliningrad A 1–0 W 25 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva H 0–0 D 22 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva A 1–0 W 18 Apr FK Akron Tolyatti H 1–1 D 11 Apr FK Orenburg H 0–0 D 06 Apr PFK Sochi A 1–0 W Season Stats
FK Baltika Kaliningrad FK Rubin Kazan #6 Position #8 46 Points 43 30 Played 30 11 / 13 / 6 W / D / L 11 / 10 / 9 38 Scored 29 21 Conceded 30 +17 GD -1 1.53 PPG 1.43 37% Win % 37% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history47% Clean Sheets
FK Baltika Kaliningrad this season47% Clean Sheets
FK Rubin Kazan this seasonFK Baltika Kaliningrad are 6th (46 pts). FK Rubin Kazan are 8th (43 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FK Baltika Kaliningrad0-151/316-30–/131-451/–46-604/361-751/276+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFK Rubin Kazan0-151/116-303/–31-45–/–46-602/161-75–/376+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Arena Baltika. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' FK Rubin Kazan seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Evgeniy Staver made 206 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' The travelling FK Rubin Kazan supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Mingiyan Beveev needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 29' Goal! Mirlind Daku scores his 26 goal in 177 matches.
- 34' Egor Lyubakov has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 28 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 39' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Rubin Kazan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Rubin Kazan that had 206 games and scored 208 goals.
- 47' The referee calls foul for Ilya Rozhkov. He receives a card.
- 48' It’s gonna be a card for Ilya Rozhkov.
- 53' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 58' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yuriy Kovalev suffering a number of foals already.
- 59' FK Baltika Kaliningrad receives a card for a hard tackle on 59.
- 60' Yuriy Kovalev was booked on 60.
- 65' FK Baltika Kaliningrad looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 70' FK Baltika Kaliningrad started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
- 75' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FK Baltika Kaliningrad winning 100% of all matches.
- 76' FK Baltika Kaliningrad player sees a card in front of him.
- 81' FK Baltika Kaliningrad is showing some good football. However, FK Baltika Kaliningrad are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 86' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Nikolai Titkov was booked on 90.
- Another three points for FK Rubin Kazan.
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Lineups
FK Baltika Kaliningrad Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
- 23
- 77
- 90
- 73
- 8
- 11
- 2
- 4
- 16
- 44
- 10
Bench
- 14
- 22
- 5
- 18
- 81
- 69
- 68
- 21
- 15
- 26
- 36
- 42
Coach Andrey TalalaevFK Rubin Kazan Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 10
- 12
- 22
- 4
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 51
- 7
- 38
- 98
Bench
- 14
- 25
- 19
- 1
- 77
- 23
- 43
- 44
- 27
- 18
- 70
- 59
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mirlind Daku 2 Valentin Vada 1 Head to Head
FK Baltika Kaliningrad Form
2026-05-02 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 0–1 FK Rubin Kazan L 2026-04-27 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 0–1 FK Akron Tolyatti L 2026-04-23 RFK Akhmat Grozny 1–1 FK Baltika Kaliningrad D 2026-04-19 FK Krasnodar 2–2 FK Baltika Kaliningrad D 2026-04-11 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-04-05 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 2–2 FK Baltika Kaliningrad DFK Rubin Kazan Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.8 FK Baltika Kaliningrad xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.76 FK Rubin Kazan xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 79% + Under — clean sheet likely 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Rubin Kazan winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 76% 24% ± 1.5 47% 53% ± 2.5 21% 79% ± 3.5 8% 92% ± 4.5 3% 97% Double Chance
FK Baltika Kaliningrad or Draw 67%Draw or FK Rubin Kazan 69%FK Baltika Kaliningrad or FK Rubin Kazan 64%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Rubin Kazan win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 23.7%1 – 0 15.2%0 – 1 Actual1 – 1 13.8%2 – 0 6.2%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 1 5.1%1 – 2 4.9%2 – 2 2.1%3 – 0 1.6%0 – 3 1.4%3 – 1 1.4%Asian Handicap — FK Baltika Kaliningrad
Handicap FK Baltika Kaliningrad covers Push FK Rubin Kazan covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 8% 90% -1.5 10% — 90% -1 10% 21% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 20% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
FK Baltika Kaliningrad keeps clean sheet 47% ✓FK Rubin Kazan keeps clean sheet 45% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.