Spartak Moscow — Krasnodar 1:2

Spartak Moscow

1:2

Krasnodar

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

Spartak Moscow created more (1.79 xG against 1.24) and left with nothing.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Spartak Moscow	1	1.79	−0.8	1.74
Krasnodar	2	1.24	+0.8	1.03

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
1'	Manfred Ugalde	Spartak Moscow	0.33	Marquinhos
4'	Lucas Olaza	Krasnodar	0.05	Douglas Augusto
9'	Batxi	Krasnodar	0.05	Nikita Krivtsov

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
29'	Nikita Krivtsov	Krasnodar	0.57	saved, header, from a corner
89'	Christopher Martins Pereira	Spartak Moscow	0.42	off target
88'	Mirlind Daku	Spartak Moscow	0.34	saved, header

Shots: Spartak Moscow 14, Krasnodar 16; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 1.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Spartak Moscow 0.64, Krasnodar 0.90: about even. In the second half xG was Spartak Moscow 1.16, Krasnodar 0.33: a clear edge for Spartak Moscow.

How it fits the season

Spartak Moscow: +1.5 for the season (3 in the table). Krasnodar: +6.6 (4). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Dynamo Moscow — Dynamo Makhachkala 3:1Zenit — Rodina Moscow 1:2Rubin Kazan — Orenburg 1:1

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