Orenburg and Krasnodar drew 0:0 in the ninth round of the Russian Premier League on 17 September. The match ended without a goal, though both sides had their moments. To be fair, neither team could find the breakthrough they wanted.
The first yellow card came early, when Aleksey Tataev went into the referee's book at the 17th minute. Danila Khotulev followed at 20, and Vitor Tormena at 31. By then the game had settled into a pattern neither side could quite break. The yellow cards kept coming — Robert Mejia Navarrete at 77, Aleksandr Chernikov at 79, Joao Batxi at 86, Jhon Cordoba at 89, and Egor Nazarenko on the stroke of 90. Andrey Kasadzhikov added the tenth at 90+4.
Substitutions began at 62 when Juan Manuel Boselli came on for the visitors. Daniil Utkin followed at 66, Jordhy Thompson at 68, and Mikhail Pykhcheev at 69. Damian Puebla and Gedeon Guzina arrived together at 75. Ilya Vakhania and Aleksandr Chernikov were paired at 82. The coaches were looking for something, though what they wanted remained unclear.
Orenburg had 40 per cent possession and 287 passes, while Krasnodar controlled 60 per cent with 439. The visitors created one big chance but could not convert, recording just one shot on target from nine attempts inside the box. Orenburg registered six shots on target from 13 attempts and hit the target 33 per cent of the time. Expected goals stood at 1.2 for the hosts and 1.41 for Krasnodar.
The result leaves Krasnodar still top of the table with 20 points from eight games. Orenburg remain 11th with eight points, one win, five draws and two defeats. We had given a prediction for a Krasnodar win — 57 per cent confidence — but the match went another way. The visitors created more but could not finish, while Orenburg held firm when it mattered.