Rubin Kazan vs FC Krasnodar Live Stream, Predictions (Jul 26)

📊 Form Guide

Rubin Kazan

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Rubin Kazan enter this fixture following on from a 2-2 Premier League drawn match versus Nizhny Novgorod.

In that game, Rubin Kazan had 48% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rubin Kazan was Ruslan Bezrukov (15'). On the other side, Pari Nizhny Novgorod got 25 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Nikita Kakkoev (47' Own goal) and Vyacheslav Grulev (61', 65') scored for Nizhny Novgorod.

Over their past six games, Franc Artiga's Rubin Kazan have netted 6 times - an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.

FC Krasnodar

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FC Krasnodar will go into this meeting following a 3-0 Premier League win over Orenburg in their most recent match.

In that match, FC Krasnodar managed 68% possession and 22 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For FC Krasnodar, goals were scored by Lenini (36'), Jhon Córdoba (63') and Eduard Spertsyan (88'). For their opponents, Orenburg had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring FC Krasnodar, at least three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game in that time is 2.83, with the number of goals averaged by FC Krasnodar working out to 1.83. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 30/09/2023 shows that Rubin Kazan have won 1 of these & FC Krasnodar 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

In all, 13 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Tatáry and 8 netted by Byki. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Premier League match day 20 on 08/03/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Rubin Kazan 2-1 FC Krasnodar.

That day, Rubin Kazan managed 38% possession and 7 shots on goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Nazmi Gripshi (24') and Konstantin Nizhegorodov (73').

FC Krasnodar got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Jhon Córdoba (93') scored.

The match was refereed by Sergei Karasev.

📋 Team News: Rubin Kazan

Anderson Arroyo (Muscle injury) and Uros Drezgic (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for Rubin Kazan manager Franc Artiga.

It seems likely that Tatáry look set to use a 3-4-1-2 formation this time with Evgeniy Staver, Nikita Lobov, Igor Vujacic, Egor Teslenko, Dmitriy Kabutov, Veldin Hodza, Bogdan Jocic, Ilya Rozhkov, Ruslan Bezrukov, Mirlind Daku and Jacques Siwe.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Krasnodar

FC Krasnodar manager Murad Musayev has a number of players out of action. Jhon Córdoba (Ankle injury), Grigoriy Lovtsov (Foot injury) and Kazbek Mukailov (unknown injury) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Byki will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Stanislav Agkatsev, Valentin Paltsev, Vítor Tormena, Diego Costa, Lucas Olaza, Kevin Lenini, Aleksandr Chernikov, Joao Batxi, Moses David Cobnan, Nikita Krivtsov and Jhon Cordoba.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Rubin Kazan will have their work cut out to register a score against this FC Krasnodar lineup who will likely be able to grind out a win.

Therefore, we predict a very competitive game with a 0-1 win for FC Krasnodar after 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Renata Leite, 01:05 22/07/2026