FC Baltika Kaliningrad vs FK Rostov
Match details. Premier League, Regular Season - 11. Kick-off is Sun 18 Oct, 19:00 Lagos time. It is played at Rostec Arena, Kaliningrad.
What's at stake. FC Baltika Kaliningrad are 7th on 12 points after 10 games, 1 point behind Dinamo Makhachkala, level on points with Rubin. A win would take them above Dinamo Makhachkala. FK Rostov are 13th on 11 points after 10 games, level on points with Lokomotiv, 2 points clear of Akron. A win would take them above Lokomotiv.
Team news. FC Baltika Kaliningrad are without A. Filin (knee injury), A. Mendel (yellow cards), A. Filin (knee injury), A. Mendel (yellow cards). FK Rostov are without I. Zhbanov (injury), I. Zhbanov (injury).
Form. FC Baltika Kaliningrad have won three, drawn three and lost four of their last ten, 1.2 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D L D L W. In this competition FC Baltika Kaliningrad have gone D L D L W D. FK Rostov have won three, drawn two and lost five of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L W L. In this competition FK Rostov have gone W L L W L L.
The numbers. FC Baltika Kaliningrad score 1.2 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets. FC Baltika Kaliningrad average 13.1 shots (4.6 on target), 5.6 corners and 2.4 cards a game, with 43% of the ball. FK Rostov score one and concede two a game in their last six away, with one clean sheet and three games without a goal. FK Rostov average 12.5 shots (4.4 on target), 3.5 corners and 2.5 cards a game, with 44% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last five meetings FC Baltika Kaliningrad have won one, drawn three and lost one. Two of the five went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, FC Baltika Kaliningrad won one, two were drawn and FK Rostov won one. The last time they met, on 7 Mar 2026, it finished FC Baltika Kaliningrad 1-1 FK Rostov: FC Baltika Kaliningrad had 9 shots to 17, 50% of the ball, four yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 57%; three of the last five meetings went under 2.5.
The case against. FK Rostov's record still gives them 33% to win.
The read. FC Baltika Kaliningrad to win. Their goals for and against make FC Baltika Kaliningrad the likelier winners; FC Baltika Kaliningrad are the stronger side on form and the table.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Predicted score: FC Baltika Kaliningrad 1-0 FK Rostov (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call).