On Thursday, 17 August, Krasnodar is hosting Crvena Zvezda from Serbian capital Belgrade in UEFA Europa League Play-off first leg match. Kick-off is 20:00 (Moscow time). The live broadcast will be arranged on Match TV and Match!Futbol1 channels.

The clubs have never played against each other in European Cups before. The most remarkable player in of the visiting team is Richmond Boakye, who has scored 7 goals over six previous matches of the current UEFA Europa League tournament.

The match referee is 39-year old Gediminas Mažeika. Assistant referees Vytautas Šimkus and Vytenis Kazlauskas. The 4^th official is Jurij Paškovskij. The referees’ team is from Lithuania.