Akron Tolyatti — Rubin Kazan 1:2

Akron Tolyatti

1:2

Rubin Kazan

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Rubin Kazan was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Akron Tolyatti	1	0.77	+0.2	0.83
Rubin Kazan	2	1.51	+0.5	1.91

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
14'	Anderson Arroyo	Rubin Kazan	0.45
18'	Mirlind Daku	Rubin Kazan	0.09
28'	Arseni Dmitriev	Akron Tolyatti	0.03	Konstantin Maradishvili

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
24'	Slobodan Tedic	Akron Tolyatti	0.46	saved
14'	Anderson Arroyo	Rubin Kazan	0.45	goal, header, from a set piece
30'	Ruslan Bezrukov	Rubin Kazan	0.18	blocked

Shots: Akron Tolyatti 9, Rubin Kazan 16; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 1.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Akron Tolyatti 0.60, Rubin Kazan 1.20: a small edge for Rubin Kazan. In the second half xG was Akron Tolyatti 0.17, Rubin Kazan 0.36: about even.

How it fits the season

Akron Tolyatti: −2.6 for the season (14 in the table). Rubin Kazan: +2.1 (8). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

CSKA Moscow — Krylia Sovetov 1:1Dynamo Makhachkala — Lokomotiv Moscow 2:1Baltika Kaliningrad — Dynamo Moscow 2:1

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