MOSKVA. Sochi prevails over Dinamo Moskva with a 2-0 win with a goal from V. Drkusic (67′) and a goal from A. Makarchuk (73′). Dinamo Moskva was truly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
Sochi remained with 10 players after Soslan Dzhanaev received a red card in the 25′. Anyhow, Sochi still found a way to win this match playing only in players.
Daniil Fomin squandered a decisive penalty (29′). That would have allowed Dinamo Moskva to draw the match.
The match was played at the VTB Arena (Moskva) stadium in Moskva on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Roman Galimov assisted by Mikhail Ivanov and Khamid Talaev. The 4th official was Igor Panin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 17 Total 3
- 6 On Target 2
- 9 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 0
- 140 Attack 86
- 74 Dangerous attack 38
- 103 Ball safe 93
- 11 Free Kicks 14
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Dinamo Moskva was in firm control of the ball 69% while Sochi was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Dinamo Moskva was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Sochi found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Dinamo Moskva shot 17 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Sochi shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Dinamo Moskva received 2 yellow cards (Mathias Normann and R. Fernández). On the other side, Sochi received 1 yellow card (Kirill Zaika).
Also, Sochi didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Soslan Dzhanaev (Sochi) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (25′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Dinamo Moskva will stay with 35 points like CSKA Moskva to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Sochi will have 31 points like Orenburg to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Dinamo Moskva will play away with Spartak Moskva on the 8th of April with a 19-9 head to head record in favor of Spartak Moskva (12 draws).
Dinamo Moskva – Formation
Dinamo Moskva
57'
80'
Dinamo Moskva started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Slaviša Jokanović decided to play with the following team: Igor Leshchuk , Eli Dasa , Saba Sazonov , Roberto Fernández , Dmitri Skopintsev , Luka Gagnidze , Mathias Normann , Daniil Fomin , Denis Makarov , Konstantin Tyukavin and Yaroslav Gladyshev .
The home team had on the bench: Ilya Kuptsov, Anton Shunin, Maksim Balakhonov, Milan Majstorovic , Maksim Aleksandrov, Nicolas Moumie Ngamaleu , Vyacheslav Grulev , Daniil Lesovoy , Maksim Balakhonov, Stanislav Bessmertny and Ivan Lepskiy.
Substitutions
Dinamo Moskva made 4 changes: Mathias Normann for Nicolas Ngamaleu (55′), Denis Makarov for Vyacheslav Grulev (71′), Y. Gladyshev for Daniil Lesovoy (71′) and Saba Sazonov for Milan Majstorovic (80′).
Best player: Mathias Normann
The player that probably impressed the most for Dinamo Moskva was Mathias Normann.
His rating is with 30 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
Sochi – Formation
Sochi
25'
67'
Sochi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Kurban Berdyev played with: Soslan Dzhanaev , Sergey Terekhov , Vanja Drkušić , Igor Yurganov , Kirill Zaika , Christian Noboa , Kirill Kravtsov , Timofey Margasov , Nikita Burmistrov , Vladislav Sarveli and Artur Yusupov .
They had on the bench: Denis Adamov , Nikolay Zabolotnyi, Artem Meshchaninov, Ivan Miladinović, Moussa Sissako, Timofey Shipunov, Amir Batyrev, Artem Makarchuk , Ibragim Tsallagov , Luka Đorđević and Joãozinho.
Sochi could not rely on the presence of Luka Djordjevic (injured) and Joãozinho (injured).
Substitutions
Sochi made 5 changes: Nikita Burmistrov for Denis Adamov (28′), Vladislav Sarveli for Luka Đorđević (68′), Artur Yusupov for Ibragim Tsallagov (68′), Kirill Zaika for Artem Makarchuk (69′) and Luka Djordjevic for Joãozinho (90′).
Best player: Denis Adamov
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochi was the goalkeeper: Denis Adamov. His rating is 7.92. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod – Lokomotiv Moskva – 0-4
- Dinamo Moskva – Sochi – 0-2
- Spartak Moskva – Akhmat Grozny – 0-0
- Zenit – Ural – 2-0
