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CSKA Moscow — Baltika Kaliningrad 2:1

CSKA Moscow
2:1
Baltika Kaliningrad
RPL · 24 Jul 2026 · season 2026/27

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.

Score2:1
Home xG2.19CSKA Moscow
Away xG1.56Baltika Kaliningrad
Expected points1.77 : 1.03

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: CSKA Moscow was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
CSKA Moscow22.19−0.21.77
Baltika Kaliningrad11.56−0.61.03

Goals

MinuteGoalTeamShot xGAssist
0'Chinonso OfforBaltika Kaliningrad0.64Nathan Gassama
32'Eduardo Anderson (own goal)CSKA Moscow—
35'Kirill GlebovCSKA Moscow0.72Daniil Krugovoy

Key chances

MinutePlayerTeamxGOutcome
35'Kirill GlebovCSKA Moscow0.72goal
92'Imran FirovCSKA Moscow0.71saved
0'Chinonso OfforBaltika Kaliningrad0.64goal

Shots: CSKA Moscow 18, Baltika Kaliningrad 14; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 4 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was CSKA Moscow 0.94, Baltika Kaliningrad 1.43: a small edge for Baltika Kaliningrad. In the second half xG was CSKA Moscow 1.81, Baltika Kaliningrad 0.17: a big edge for CSKA Moscow. The edge in chances passed from Baltika Kaliningrad to CSKA Moscow.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

CSKA Moscow: +2.7 for the season (5 in the table). Baltika Kaliningrad: −6.1 (9). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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