On the 5th of November, in this week 16 match, Krasnodar will travel to Voronezh to battle Fakel in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Fakel is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Orenburg. Jimmy Marin scored the first goal for Orenburg in the 42nd minute, then Jimmy Marin added another in the 44th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while in their last match, Krasnodar recorded a 0-1 loss against Zenit. Daler Kuzyaev struck first for Zenit in the 89th minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Krasnodar couldn’t manage to score, and Zenit took the shutout win. Krasnodar is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Jul 17th, Krasnodar hosted Fakel in their last match together. Krasnodar and Fakel battled to a 2-2 draw. Dashaev scored the first goal for Fakel in the 10th minute, then in the 24th minute, Jhon Córdoba sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Aleksey Ionov .
Krasnodar’s top weapon lately has been Jhon Córdoba, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Georgy Gongadze has been the most prolific scorer on Fakel in the last five matches with 3 goals.