MOSKVA. Torpedo Moskva overcomes Rostov with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Abdrashitov (90′) and a penalty scored byA. Kalmykov (60′). Torpedo Moskva was vastly superior ball possession (61%) was among the key factors of its victory.
K. Schetinin missed a decisive penalty (48′). That would have allowed Rostov to draw the match.
The match was played at the Sportivnyj gorodok Luzhniki stadium in Moskva on Wednesday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Yan Bobrovskiy who was helped by Andrey Filipkin and Dmitri Semenov. The 4th official was Igor Kaplenkov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6 degrees Celsius or 42.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Torpedo Moskva had a strong ball possession 61% while Rostov was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torpedo Moskva was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Torpedo Moskva won the match.
Torpedo Moskva shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Rostov shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Torpedo Moskva received 2 yellow cards (I. Eliseev and ). On the other side, Rostov received 2 yellow cards (V. Melekhin and A. Mukhin).
Also, Rostov didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after M. Turishchev (Rostov) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (61′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Torpedo Moskva has points to occupy the 0th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Rostov stays with points (0th).
Next matches
Torpedo Moskva – Formation
Torpedo Moskva
90'
51'
60'
The manager Aleksandr Borodyuk decided to play with the following team: A. Dovbnya, O. Kaplienko, E. Proshkin, I. Eliseev, R. Netfullin, D. Poluboyarinov, V. Adaev, P. Sedko, A. Kravchuk, A. Orekhov and A. Kalmykov.
The home team had on the bench: T. Abdrashitov, A. Porutchikov, A. Samsonov and O. Kozhemyakin.
Substitutions
Torpedo Moskva made 2 changes: V. Adaev for T. Abdrashitov (46′) and A. Dovbnya for A. Porutchikov (90′).
Rostov – Formation
Rostov
61'
On the other side, Zaur Tedeev played with: E. Baburin, A. Mukhin, A. Langovich, V. Melekhin, R. Tugarev, K. Folmer, K. Shchetinin, P. Gorelov, D. Nikolaev, A. Isik and M. Turishchev.
The following players were sitting on the bench: N. Kotin, I. Komarov, D. Khromov, B. Rogochiy, D. Sokolov, R. Murtazov and S. Kochkanyan.
Substitutions
Rostov made 3 changes: D. Nikolaev for N. Kotin (46′), P. Gorelov for I. Komarov (62′) and R. Tugarev for D. Khromov (67′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Russian Cup.
- Urozhay – Krasnodar – 3-0
- KAMAZ – Ural – 1-0
- Veles – Arsenal Tula – 1-1
- Fakel – Olimpiyets – 0-1
- Torpedo Moskva – Rostov – 2-0
- Alaniya Vladikavkaz – Ufa – 2-0
- Rotor Volgograd – Akhmat Grozny – 1-1
- Baltika – Khimki – 0-0
- Yenisey – Krylya Sovetov – 1-0
