Baltika defeats Akron 2-0 on Saturday

KALININGRAD. Baltika overcomes Akron with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Kazaev (22') and a penalty scored byV. Lazarev (73').

Baltika defeats Akron 2-0 on Saturday

KALININGRAD. Baltika tops Akron with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Kazaev (22′) and a penalty scored byV. Lazarev (73′).

The match was played at the Stadion Baltika stadium in Kaliningrad on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Anton Anopa with the help of Rashid Abusuev and Dmitri Semenov. The 4th official was Mikhail Taran. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 41.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Baltika was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Akron that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Baltika was was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Baltika won the match​.

Baltika shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Akron shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Baltika received 5 yellow cards (M. Kuzmin, D. Shamkin, M. Markovic, A. Popov and M. Tishkin). On the opposite side, Akron received 2 yellow cards (I. Zuev and G. D. Ekra).

Match Timeline

8'
20'
22'
30'
37'
M. Kuzmin- Yellow
45'
V. Lazarev- sub ->D. Shamkin
58'
Maksim Tishkin- Yellow
58'
59'
61'
Evgeni Pesegov- sub ->G. Ekra
61'
69'
V. Lazarev(penalty)
73'
77'
77'
Vsevolod Nihaev- sub ->A. Gazdanov
86'
87'
89'
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5

After this match, Baltika will have 33 points to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Akron will stay with 32 points to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the FNL, Baltika will play away against Neftekhimik on the 17th of November with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Neftekhimik (3 draws).

Baltika – Formation

Baltika
G
E. Latyshonok 1.Russia
D
Maksim Tishkin 44.Russia
58'
D
Sergey Karpovich 33.Belarus
D
Artem Meshchaninov 26.Russia
M
Danil Klenkin 4.Russia
89'
M
Ilnur Alshin 10.Russia
89'
M
Yan Kazaev 38.Russia
59' Goals22'
M
Artem Popov 8.Russia
86'
M
M. Kuzmin 6.Russia
69' 45'
M
Artem Makarchuk 9.Russia
F
Daniil Shamkin 92.Russia
58' 8'
Substitutes
G
David Volk 23.Russia
D
V. Lazarev 89.Russia
58' Goals73'
D
Vitali Denisov 29.Uzbekistan
89'
D
Vitali Shakhov 13.Russia
D
Dmitriy Sergeev 34.Russia
M
Sultan Dzhamilov 7.Russia
59'
M
O. Aleynik 16.Russia
89'
M
Dmitry Zakharov 71.Russia
F
Miroslav Markovic 11.Serbia
69' 87'
F
Roman Murtazaev 45.Kazakhstan

The manager Sergey Ignashevich decided to play with the following team: E. Latyshonok, M. Tishkin, S. Karpovich, A. Meshchaninov, D. Klenkin, I. Alshin, Y. Kazaev, A. Popov, M. Kuzmin, A. Makarchuk and D. Shamkin.

The home team had on the bench: V. Lazarev, S. Dzhamilov, M. Marković, O. Aleynik, V. Denisov, V. Shakhov, D. Volk, D. Sergeev, R. Murtazayev and D. Zakharov.

Substitutions

Baltika made 5 changes: D. Shamkin for V. Lazarev (58′), Y. Kazaev for S. Dzhamilov (59′), M. Kuzmin for M. Markovic (69′), I. Alshin for V. Denisov (89′) and D. Klenkin for O. Aleynik (89′).

Akron – Formation

Akron
G
Sergey Volkov 1.Russia
D
Ilya Zuev 58.Russia
37'
M
Ivan Rogač 4.Serbia
M
Ivan Chudin 27.Russia
77'
M
Anton Kilin 18.Russia
M
Dmitri Efremov 14.Russia
20'
M
Maksim Palienko 12.Russia
M
Aleksandr Bosov 61.Russia
M
Christ Danny Ekra Geo 55.Ivory Coast
61' 30'
M
Karim Giraev 7.Russia
F
Artem Deljkin 90.Russia
61'
Substitutes
G
N. Goylo 13.Russia
D
Nikita Chistyakov 17.Russia
D
Aleksandr Nesterov 54.Russia
M
Artur Gazdanov 10.Russia
20'
M
Evgeni Pesegov 8.Russia
61'
M
Vladimir Marukhin 20.Russia
61'
M
A. Potapov 87.Russia
77'
M
V. Nihaev 99.Moldova
77'

Vladimir Jăpălău played with: S. Volkov, I. Rogač, I. Zuev, I. Chudin, A. Kilin, D. Efremov, M. Palienko, A. Bosov, G. Ekra, A. Delkin and K. Giraev.

These were the players on the bench: A. Gazdanov, E. Pesegov, V. Marukhin, A. Potapov, V. Nihaev, N. Goylo, N. Chistyakov and A. Nesterov.

Substitutions

Akron made 5 changes: D. Efremov for A. Gazdanov (20′), G. D. Ekra for E. Pesegov (61′), A. Deljkin for V. Marukhin (61′), I. Chudin for A. Potapov (77′) and A. Gazdanov for V. Nihaev (77′).

Results of the day

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