The Facts
- One of the standout fixtures of the round, featuring two top-tier sides (ranked 2nd and 5th).
- Shakhtyor Taganrog is in solid form heading into this fixture (last 5 matches: 3 wins).
- Rubin Yalta has shown an inconsistent pattern in recent weeks (last 5 matches: 3 wins).
- In this matchup, Shakhtyor Taganrog is considered the favorite to take the win.
- No recent head-to-head matches have been recorded between these two competitors.
Standings
| Pl | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | |||
| 1 | FC Sevastopol | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 41:18 | 23 | 53 |
| 2 | Shahter Taganrog | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 46:22 | 24 | 50 |
| 3 | Rostov 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 45:21 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | FK Pobeda | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 42:28 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Rubin Yalta | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30:24 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Kyzyltash | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38:30 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Maykop | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26:26 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Nart Cherkessk | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30:20 | 10 | 33 |
| 9 | Spartak Nalchik | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30:23 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | Lugansk | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34:31 | 3 | 30 |
| 11 | Izberbash | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 20:57 | -37 | 22 |
| 12 | Astrakhan | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23:34 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | Angust Nazran | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 10:26 | -16 | 16 |
| 14 | FK Chayka 2 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 20:52 | -32 | 14 |
| 15 | Dynamo Makhachkala 2 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19:42 | -23 | 14 |
| 16 | PSK Dinskoy rayon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 |
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