Orenburg and Rubin drew 1:1 in their Cup Group Stage 3 encounter on Tuesday, 2 September 2026. The fixture ended level after ninety minutes before a penalty shootout brought further drama at the final whistle.
Jacques Siwe opened the scoring for Orenburg in the thirteenth minute, giving the hosts an early advantage. Andrey Kasadzhikov restored parity for Rubin with a goal in the fifty-fourth minute. Omar Minatulaev collected a yellow card for Orenburg in the second minute, while an unnamed player received a booking for Rubin in the fifty-third.
Both sides made heavy changes in the second half. Orenburg brought on Mikhail Pykhcheev, Benjamín Bosch and Omar Minatulaev at the interval, followed by Ruslan Bezrukov, Nazmi Gripshi and Konstantin Nizhegorodov in the fifty-ninth. Rubin responded with Ilya Samoshnikov and Jersson González at the sixty-ninth, before substituting Andrey Kasadzhikov in the eighty-seventh.
At the penalty spot, Orenburg missed twice through Ruslan Kul and Damian Puebla while converting six efforts. Aleksandar Jukic scored for Rubin, but Damian Puebla missed for the visitors. The shootout events at the ninety-minute mark included goals from Aleksandar Jukic, Jakhongir Urozov, Gedeon Guzina, Veldin Hodza, Bogdan Jočić and Danila Khotulev.
Orenburg dominated possession at 55 per cent and registered six shots on target compared to Rubin's five. The hosts earned eight corners while the visitors managed just two. With three shots blocked and four off target, Orenburg created more opportunities but failed to convert them into a winning result.