Baltika beat Akron and took the second place in the RPL table.

Kaliningrad football club (FC) Baltika beat rivals from Akron (Tolyatti) in an away match of the Russian championship. The match took place on August 31 in Samara, and ended with a score of 2:0.

Kevin Andrade (in the 2nd minute) and Maxim Petrov (in the 41st minute) scored goals for the winners. For the 26-year-old Colombian, the goal was his debut in the Russian Premier League (RPL).

As a result, Baltika scored 15 points and moved up to second place in the standings, Sport-Express notes. In the current season of the Russian championship, football players from Kaliningrad have never lost. Akron conceded a game for the fifth time in a row and set a club record by taking 12th place with six points.

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