Krasnodar plays spectacular, intense football in the spring part of the season, but has obvious problems with maintaining an advantage. For example, in matches against Lokomotiv (2:3), Spartak (3:4) in the championship and Wings of the Soviets (3:2 P) in the cup, he led by 2 goals, but he was short of winning. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that 5 matches before the end of the season will drastically affect the club standings. He has consolidated his position in the mid-table and will focus on the Russian Cup, where he will face Urals for the right to play in the Super Final.
Krylya Sovetov, on the contrary, have high tournament motivation. In the RPL, they are ranked 12th, and they are only 3 points away from the common zone. After the break, the “wings” had only one win in 8 matches. Sochi played the role of the victim (2:1). The deterioration in results is primarily due to the loss of attack leaders in the winter transfer window. For 8 rounds of the spring part of the season, Igor Osinkin’s team scored only 5 goals, which is the worst result in this segment.
In this match, Krasnodar can play freely, without any pressure from the outside. Given his inability to keep score and the visitors’ high motivation, I think we should expect a goal exchange.