Rubin – Ufa

Rubin will play to win against Ufa in the main match of the season

Rubin will take on Ufa at home in the central match of Matchday 30. Leonid Slutsky's side risk relegation from the Russian Premier League. A draw will send the team into the play-offs. There are no options for Ufa. Only a win leaves the chances of salvation through the play-off games. Rubin have lost their last three games by a score of 0-10. If we take the distance of ten meetings, Kazan have suffered eight defeats. Leonid Slutsky failed to quickly restructure the Kazan team's play. In many games the team were not lucky. For example, the defeat to Lokomotiv was not in accordance with the game. The same was true for the encounter with Krasnodar. "The Bulls came close to goal on several occasions, while the Kazan side failed to convert many of their goalscoring chances. Rubin will have a special attitude to the last game. Leonid Slutsky will stay with the team. Fans were given free tickets so the stands should be fully packed. Ufa, at the end of the season, miraculously kept their hopes alive. Stukalov's charges have scored and conceded in seven of their last eight games. This is due to the fact that the club is forced to take risks. Only one goalless draw in recent times. At the same time, there have been no wins for a long time. The team managed to extend their stay in the RPL through an emotional 2-1 win over Arsenal. Hamid Agalarov remains unstoppable. The RPL's top scorer has 19 goals. Interestingly, Ufa have scored a total of 27 goals. The team have noticeably improved their attacking play. Ufa lack quality depth in attack. Urunov is in poor form, Kasintura has been operating closer to defence all season. At the moment it's hard to imagine that Ufa can crush Rubin with pressure. Rubin's performers are of higher quality. The bookmakers put the visitors as the favourite. Quite an unexpected prediction, motivated by the tournament position. They expect Kazan to be favourable to a peaceful conclusion, but that's not entirely true. A draw also sends Rubin into transition matches, and clubs in the FNL right now are certainly not weaker than Ufa. Accordingly, it is very important for the hosts to win to finally close the issue of survival. Previously, Slutsky's team suffered several big defeats, but from much higher-ranked opponents than Ufa. Earlier, the team beat Arsenal at home in a pragmatic manner. Now we can expect a similar scenario. Rubin will certainly not act with a view to a draw. Such a scenario is unlikely. The opponents played out a draw in the first round. Ufa is a very comfortable opponent for Rubin. Out of ten head-to-head games, the team from the capital of Bashkortostan have won one.