Baltika end two-month winless streak by beating Akron

Baltika Kaliningrad beat Akron Tolyatti 2:1 in a Matchday 13 RPL game at the Rostech Arena. This is Andrei Talalaev's team's first championship win since late August: before that, over six matchdays — four draws and two losses.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 1 November 2026 at 22:042 min read

The key facts

Baltika beat Akron 2:1 in Matchday 13 of the RPL
Goals were scored by Gil, Shumansky and Belikov
Previous RPL win — August 30 against Rodina (3:0)

First win in more than two months

Baltika Kaliningrad ended their long winless streak in the Russian Premier League, beating Akron Tolyatti 2:1. The Matchday 13 fixture of the Russian championship took place at the Rostech Arena (according to Life.ru). The first half ended goalless, with all the scoring coming in the second half: in the 52nd minute Brian Gil put the hosts ahead, two minutes later Artyom Shumansky equalized, and in the 68th minute Ivan Belikov scored the decisive goal.

What the winless streak looked like

Andrei Talalaev's team had not won in the national championship since late August. Over the previous six matches, Baltika drew four times and lost twice, meaning this win brought an end to an unsuccessful stretch lasting more than two months. Their previous success had been a rout of Rodina Moscow by a score of 3:0 in a Matchday 6 game on August 30 in Khimki — Ayman Mourid, Chinoso Offor and Maxim Petrov scored that day, while Talalaev himself, who was suspended for four matches for his conduct after the game against Rubin, watched from the stands. That win, as Life.ru notes, lifted the Kaliningrad side to fifth place in the championship.

Context

The victory over Akron changes Baltika's situation after a long slump: since late August the team had been picking up points mostly through draws. The publication does not provide data on the Kaliningrad side's current league position after Matchday 13.