MOSKVA. Spartak Moskva prevails over Khimki 3-1. Spartak Moskva took advantage of its superior ball possession (63%). Its vastly superior ball possession (63%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Otkrytiye Arena stadium in Moskva on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Ivanov that was helped by Rashid Abusuev and Dmitry Zhvakin. The 4th official was Rafael Shafeev. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.8 degrees Celsius or 60.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Spartak Moskva started with an extremely aggressive line-up. On the other side, Khimki adopted for a 3-5-2 formation.
Spartak Moskva – Formation
Spartak Moskva
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Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória decided to play with the following team: Aleksandr Maksimenko , Nikolay Rasskazov , Samuel Gigot , Georgiy Dzhikiya , Victor Moses , Nail Umyarov , Roman Zobnin , Ayrton , Ezequiel Ponce , Aleksandr Sobolev and Quincy Promes .
The home team had on the bench: Ruslan Litvinov, Ilya Kutepov, Jorrit Hendrix , Artem Rebrov, Jordan Larsson , Ilya Gaponov, Mikhail Ignatov, Aleksandr Selikhov, Andrey Eshchenko, Zelimkhan Bakaev , Aleksandr Lomovitskiy and Maximiliano Caufriez .
Best player: Ezequiel Ponce
The player that probably impressed the most for Spartak Moskva was Ezequiel Ponce.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12.
Khimki – Formation
Khimki
On the other side, Igor Pinho da Vitória played with: Ilya Lantratov , Bryan Idowu , Egor Danilkin , Oleksandr Filin , Kirill Bozhenov , Filip Dagerstål , Aleksandr Troshechkin , Denis Glushakov , Elmir Nabiullin , Kemal Ademi and Ilya Kukharchuk .
They had on the bench: David Davidyan , Vitalii Sychev, Besard Sabović, Egor Generalov, Aleksandr Dolgov , Artem Sokolov , Dušan Stojinović , Ilya Sagygov and Maksim Karpov.
Best player: Denis Glushakov
The player that probably impressed the most for Khimki was Denis Glushakov.
His rating is with 1 goal, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses.
Match report
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 16 Total 11
- 5 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 88 Attack 73
- 40 Dangerous attack 34
- 90 Ball safe 102
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 18
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 4
Spartak Moskva was in firm control of the ball 63% while Khimki was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Spartak Moskva was extremely more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is the reason why Spartak Moskva won the match.
Spartak Moskva shoot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Khimki shoot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Spartak Moskva received 5 yellow cards (G. Dzhikiya, A. Sobolev, N. Umyarov, S. Gigot and M. Caufriez). On the other side, Khimki received 2 yellow cards (A. Troshechkin and A. Sokolov).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Spartak Moskva will have 10 points to move up in the 6th place. On the other side, Khimki will stay with 6 points to move up in the 12th place.
In the next match in the Premier League, Spartak Moskva will play away CSKA Moskva on the 20th of September with a 19-10 head to head in favor of CSKA Moskva (7 draw). Khimki will play away Ufa on the 18th of September with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Khimki (0 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Zenit – Akhmat Grozny – 3-1
- Spartak Moskva – Khimki – 3-1
- Lokomotiv Moskva – Krylya Sovetov – 2-0