KAZAN’. Rubin Kazan’ snatched a late win CSKA Moskva 1-0 after M. Kostyukov scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Kazan’ Arena stadium in Kazan’ on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Vladislav Bezborodov with the assistance of Valeri Danchenko and Roman Usachev. The 4th official was Artur Fedorov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.3 degrees Celsius or 48.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rubin Kazan’ was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. CSKA Moskva that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

CSKA Moskva was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Rubin Kazan’ was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Rubin Kazan’ shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, CSKA Moskva shot 18 times, 3 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Rubin Kazan’ received 2 yellow cards (K. Kvaratskhelia and Y. Dyupin). Talking about the opposition, CSKA Moskva received 4 yellow cards (A. Zabolotnyi, M. Mukhin, K. Nababkin and B. Zaynutdinov).

Standings

After playing this match, Rubin Kazan’ will have 19 points like Krylya Sovetov to move up in the 7th place. On the other side, CSKA Moskva will stay with 23 points like Dinamo Moskva to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Rubin Kazan’ will play away with Rostov on the 7th of November with a 12-12 head to head.

CSKA Moskva will play away agasint Sochi on the 6th of November with a 1-1 head to head.

Rubin Kazan’ – Formation

Rubin Kazan’ started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Leonid Slutskiy decided to play with the following team: Yuri Dyupin (7.9), Georgi Zotov (7.4), Montassar Talbi (7.2), Oliver Abildgaard (7.3), Ilya Samoshnikov (7.5), In-Beom Hwang (7.0), Soltmurad Bakaev (7.3), Anders Dreyer (6.8), Sead Hakšabanović (8.4), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (6.6) and German Onugkha (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ivan Ignatiev, Nikita Yanovich, Stepan Surikov, Ivan Savitskiy, Leon Musaev (6.3), Filip Uremović, Artem Ismagilov, Mikhail Kostyukov (7.6) and Konstantin Nizhegorodov.

Substitutions

Rubin Kazan’ made 2 changes: G. Onugkha for M. Kostyukov (81′) and S. Bakaev for L. Musaev (86′).

Best player: Sead Hakšabanović​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rubin Kazan’ was Sead Hakšabanović even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 50 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

CSKA Moskva – Formation

CSKA Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, Alexei Berezutski played with: Igor Akinfeev (6.9), Kirill Nababkin (6.9), Igor Diveev (7.3), Jaka Bijol (6.8), Ivan Oblyakov (6.8), Mário Fernandes (7.1), Maksim Mukhin (6.2), Baktiyar Zaynutdinov (7.0), Chidera Ejuke (6.7), Anton Zabolotnyi (7.2) and Fedor Chalov (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Emil Bohinen, Alan Dzagoev (6.8), Viktor Vasin, Bruno Fuchs, Konstantin Kuchaev, Ilzat Akhmetov, Georgi Schennikov (6.7), Vladislav Yakovlev (6.2), Vladislav Torop and Kristijan Bistrović.

CSKA Moskva could not rely on the presence of I. Akhmetov (injured).

Substitutions

CSKA Moskva made 4 changes: M. Mukhin for G. Schennikov (46′), F. Chalov for A. Dzagoev (64′), C. Ejuke for V. Yakovlev (74′) and A. Zabolotnyi for I. Akhmetov (90′).

Best player: Igor Diveev​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for CSKA Moskva was Igor Diveev.

His rating is (7.3) with 48 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• FK Nizjni Novgorod – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-2
• Spartak Moskva – Rostov – 1-1
• Krasnodar – Krylya Sovetov – 0-1
• Rubin Kazan’ – CSKA Moskva – 1-0