ASTRAKHAN’. Volgar Astrakhan defeats Rotor Volgograd with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Kozlov (90′) and a goal from A. Pavlishin (39′). Rotor Volgograd lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Central’nyj Stadion Astrakhan’gazprom stadium in Astrakhan’ on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Artur Fedorov with the collaboration of Maksim Kovalev and Andrey Kuzhelev. The 4th official was Dmitri Smirnov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rotor Volgograd was in firm control of the ball 59% while Volgar Astrakhan was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rotor Volgograd has a more offensive attitude with 85 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Volgar Astrakhan managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Volgar Astrakhan shot 14 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rotor Volgograd shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Volgar Astrakhan didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Rotor Volgograd received 2 yellow cards (A. Bairyev and A. Dudiev).

Standings

After this match, Volgar Astrakhan will have 21 points like Urozhay to climb in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Rotor Volgograd will stay with 24 points like Dolgie Prudy to gain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the FNL, Volgar Astrakhan will host Krasnodar II on the 21st of November with a 2-2 head to head record.

Rotor Volgograd will host Metallurg Lipetsk on the 17th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Rotor Volgograd (0 draws).

Volgar Astrakhan – Formation

The manager Andranik Babayan decided to play with the following team: V. Yampolskiy, N. Pechenkin, D. Kozlov, D. Vedernikov, A. Simonyan, N. Kaplenko, I. Rashchenya, A. Pavlishin, A. Gilyazetdinov, D. Lesnikov and A. Yusupov.

The home team had on the bench: I. Stefanovich, A. Pogosov, A. Karpov, M. Tyulin, A. Butenko, D. Gorovykh, D. Saganovich, V. Zhironkin and V. Demjanov.

Substitutions

Volgar Astrakhan made 3 changes: A. Yusupov for I. Stefanovich (71′), D. Lesnikov for A. Pogosov (81′) and A. Simonyan for A. Karpov (90′).

Rotor Volgograd – Formation

Dmitry Khokhlov played with: D. Ternovskiy, A. Bayryev, A. Dudiev, F. Pervushin, I. Martynov, S. Makarov, N. Kipiani, A. Tashaev, A. Chukanov, I. Shkolik and A. Shchetkin.

They had on the bench: K. Mullin, I. Golosov, R. Minaev, O. Nikolaev, I. Abdullaev, N. Repin and N. Malyarov.

Substitutions

Rotor Volgograd made 3 changes: N. Kipiani for K. Mullin (9′), F. Pervushin for I. Golosov (26′) and I. Shkolik for R. Minaev (64′).

Results of the day

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

• Spartak Moskva II – Urozhay – 0-0
• Alaniya Vladikavkaz – Yenisey – 1-2
• Tekstilshchik – Torpedo Moskva – 1-1
• Dolgie Prudy – Krasnodar II – 0-1
• SKA Khabarovsk – KAMAZ – 1-0
• Volgar Astrakhan – Rotor Volgograd – 2-0
• Metallurg Lipetsk – Neftekhimik – 1-2
• Baltika – Akron – 2-0
• Fakel – Orenburg – 1-0
• Tom’ Tomsk – Veles – 1-0