Volgar Astrakhan tops Akron 1-0 with a goal scored by D. Lesnikov

ASTRAKHAN'. Volgar Astrakhan defeats Akron 1-0 after D. Lesnikov scored just 1 goal (68').

Volgar Astrakhan tops Akron 1-0 with a goal scored by D. Lesnikov

ASTRAKHAN’. Volgar Astrakhan overcomes Akron 1-0 after D. Lesnikov scored just 1 goal (68′). Akron lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Central’nyj Stadion Astrakhan’gazprom stadium in Astrakhan’ on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Tsyganok who was helped by Yuri Yarushkin and Stepan Shcherbakov. The 4th official was Stanislav Matveev. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Akron had a strong ball possession 57% while Volgar Astrakhan was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Akron was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Volgar Astrakhan was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Volgar Astrakhan shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Akron shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Volgar Astrakhan received 2 yellow cards (A. Pavlishin and I. Stefanovich). Regarding the opposition, Akron didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

39'
Dmitri Lesnikov- sub ->I. Stefanovich
58'
Aleksei Pavlishin- sub ->V. Demianov
58'
Aleksei Pavlishin- Yellow
60'
60'
61'
Dmitri Lesnikov(goal)
68'
76'
77'
83'
Artem Pogosov- sub ->A. Yusupov
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

After this contest, Volgar Astrakhan will have 15 points to move up in the 21st place. Regarding the opposition, Akron will stay with 29 points to stay in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the FNL, Volgar Astrakhan will host Rotor Volgograd on the 13th of November with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Volgar Astrakhan (2 draws).

Volgar Astrakhan – Formation

Volgar Astrakhan
G
Oleg Smirnov 99.Russia
D
Roman Loktionov 4.Russia
D
Danila Vedernikov 22.Russia
M
Nikita Pechenkin 6.Russia
M
Danila Kozlov 69.Russia
M
Artem Simonyan 23.Armenia
90'
M
Nikita Kaplenko 55.Belarus
M
Viktor Demyanov 56.Russia
58'
F
F
Ilya Stefanovich 9.Russia
58' 39'
F
Artem Yusupov 79.Russia
83'
Substitutes
M
58' 60'
M
Daniil Gorovykh 27.Russia
M
Artur Karpov 29.Russia
F
Dmitri Lesnikov 17.Russia
58' Goals68'
F
Artem Pogosov 10.Russia
83'
F
Aleksandr Butenko 13.Russia
90'
F
Vitali Zhironkin 43.Russia

The manager Andranik Babayan decided to play with the following team: O. Smirnov, R. Loktionov, N. Pechenkin, D. Kozlov, D. Vedernikov, A. Simonyan, N. Kaplenko, V. Demjanov, A. Gilyazetdinov, I. Stefanovich and A. Yusupov.

The home team had on the bench: A. Pavlishin, D. Lesnikov, A. Pogosov, A. Butenko, V. Yampolskiy, D. Gorovykh, A. Karpov and V. Zhironkin.

Substitutions

Volgar Astrakhan made 4 changes: I. Stefanovich for D. Lesnikov (58′), V. Demianov for A. Pavlishin (58′), A. Yusupov for A. Pogosov (83′) and A. Simonyan for A. Butenko (90′).

Akron – Formation

Akron
G
Sergey Volkov 1.Russia
D
Ilya Zuev 58.Russia
M
Ivan Rogač 4.Serbia
M
Ivan Chudin 27.Russia
M
Anton Kilin 18.Russia
M
Dmitri Efremov 14.Russia
M
Maksim Palienko 12.Russia
90'
M
Vladlen Babaev 21.Russia
60'
M
Aleksandr Bosov 61.Russia
F
Artem Deljkin 90.Russia
76'
F
61'
Substitutes
G
N. Goylo 13.Russia
D
Aleksandr Nesterov 54.Russia
90'
D
Nikita Chistyakov 17.Russia
M
Karim Giraev 7.Russia
77'
M
A. Potapov 87.Russia
76'
M
Vladimir Marukhin 20.Russia
F
Vladimir Azarov 9.Russia
61'
F
Stanislav Biblyk 28.Ukraine
60'

Talking about the opposition, Vladimir Jăpălău played with: S. Volkov, I. Rogač, I. Zuev, I. Chudin, A. Kilin, D. Efremov, M. Palienko, V. Babaev, A. Bosov, A. Delkin and K. Bazelyuk.

These were the players on the bench: V. Azarov, S. Biblyk, K. Giraev, A. Potapov, A. Nesterov, N. Goylo, N. Chistyakov and V. Marukhin.

Substitutions

Akron made 5 changes: V. Babaev for S. Biblik (60′), K. Bazelyuk for V. Azarov (61′), A. Deljkin for A. Potapov (76′), S. Biblik for K. Giraev (77′) and M. Palienko for A. Nesterov (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the FNL.​