This is a Premier Liga meeting between Krylya Sovetov Samara and FC Krasnodar, with points at stake in the league. CheckLive's data does not install a favourite here, which tells you how close the contest is expected to be. Both sides will see this as a winnable fixture, and a draw is a very real possibility.
Krylya Sovetov come in off a mixed run: they drew 2-2 with Akhmat Grozny, beat Akron Togliatti 3-0, then lost to Zenit St. Petersburg (3-5, Russian Cup), Dinamo Makhachkala (1-4) and Baltika Kaliningrad (0-2). FC Krasnodar, by contrast, are in excellent form, with four wins in their last five — against Dinamo Makhachkala, Dynamo Moscow, Akhmat Grozny and Spartak Moscow — plus a draw against FC Rostov.
The head-to-head favours FC Krasnodar, who have won four of six meetings and won the most recent one 5-0. Krylya Sovetov have only one win in that history, so the key question is whether they can stop Krasnodar's momentum and turn the tie into the tight contest CheckLive expects.
