Rubin Kazan’ recovers a 0-1 deficit to top Sochi 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

SOCHI. Rubin Kazan' was capable to reverse the scoreline against Sochi to win 2-1.

November 22, 2021

SOCHI. Rubin Kazan’ managed to reverse the scoreline against Sochi to win 2-1. It was Sochi to strike first with a goal of Rodrigo at the 27′. Then it was a goal in the 31′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Dreyer gave the win to Rubin Kazan’ in the 81′ minute with a goal. Sochi was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).

Rubin Kazan’ remained in 10 after O. Abildgaard received a double yellow card in the 61′. Nevertheless, Rubin Kazan’ still was capable to win this encounter playing only with 10 players. I. Yurganov received a red card (59′). This red card was one of the reason why Sochi lost the match.

The match was played at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht stadium in Sochi on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Aleksey Matyunin with the support of Ilya Eleferenko and Aleksey Vorontsov. The 4th official was Rafael Shafeev. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.

Match Statistics

Sochi

1 - 2

Rubin Kazan

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

29 Total 7
6 On Target 3
23 Off Target 4
7 Shots blocked 0

142 Attack 72
83 Dangerous attack 35
103 Ball safe 95

0 Penalties 0
12 Corners 0
1 Off Sides 2

Fouls

8 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 1
1 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Sochi had a superior ball possession 61% while Rubin Kazan’ was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sochi was was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Rubin Kazan’ was able to find the solution to win this encounter.

Sochi shot 29 times, 6 on target, 23 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rubin Kazan’ shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sochi received 1 yellow card (K. Zaika). On the other side, Rubin Kazan’ received 4 yellow cards (A. Zuev, O. Abildgaard, I. Ignatjev and G. Onugkha).

(Sochi) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (59′).

Also, Rubin Kazan’ didn’t end the match with 11 players after O. Abildgaard (Rubin Kazan’) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (61′).

Match Timeline

Kirill Zaika- Yellow

22'

24'

26'

27'

31'

46'

59'

61'

65'

69'

Leon Musaev - sub ->S. Bakaev

71'

78'

Ivan Ignatjev- sub ->G. Onugkha

78'

81'

Ivan Ignatjev- Yellow

84'

86'

Victorien Angban- sub ->C. Noboa

86'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Ufa

After this match, Sochi will stay with 27 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Rubin Kazan’ will have 22 points to soar in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Sochi will play away against Ural on the 27th of November with a 2-2 head to head.

Rubin Kazan’ will host Dinamo Moskva on the 28th of November with a 19-5 head to head in favor of Rubin Kazan’ (14 draws).

Sochi – Formation

Sochi

Nikolay Zabolotnyi 12.Russia

5.8

Timofey Margasov 34.Russia

6.2

Igor Yurganov 20.Russia

6.1

59'

Rodrigão 5.Brazil

7.5

27'

Sergey Terekhov 13.Russia

7.4

Kirill Zaika 27.Russia

7.3

65'

22'

Christian Noboa 16.Ecuador

8.1

86'

Ibragim Tsallagov 15.Russia

7.2

Nikita Burmistrov 18.Russia

6.8

71'

Artur Yusupov 6.Russia

7.2

86'

M. Cassierra 30.Colombia

6.6

86'

Substitutes

Denis Adamov 1.Russia

S. Dzhanaev 35.Russia

D. Prokhin 87.Russia

6.2

65'

Emanuel Mammana 24.Argentina

Mateo Barać 4.Croatia

Pavel Shakuro 90.Russia

Victorien Angban 19.Ivory Coast

6.7

86'

Ivelin Popov 8.Bulgaria

Dmitriy Vorobyev 7.Russia

6.6

71'

Joãozinho 22.Russia

6.9

86'

Maksim Barsov 10.Russia

M. Dugandžić 9.Croatia

6.6

86'

Sochi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Vladimir Fedotov decided to play with the following team: Nikolay Zabolotnyi (5.8), Timofey Margasov (6.2), Rodrigão Prado (7.5), Igor Yurganov (6.1), Kirill Zaika (7.3), Christian Noboa (8.1), Ibragim Tsallagov (7.2), Sergey Terekhov (7.4), Nikita Burmistrov (6.8), Mateo Cassierra (6.6) and Artur Yusupov (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Danila Prokhin (6.2), Emanuel Mammana, Mateo Barać, Dmitry Vorobyev (6.6), Denis Adamov, Victorien Angban (6.7), Pavel Shakuro, Soslan Dzhanaev, Joãozinho (6.9), Ivelin Popov, Maksim Barsov and Marko Dugandžić (6.6).

Substitutions

Sochi made 5 changes: K. Zaika for D. Prokhin (65′), N. Burmistrov for D. Vorobyev (71′), M. Cassierra for M. Dugandzic (86′), A. Yusupov for Joaozinho (86′) and C. Noboa for V. Angban (86′).

Best player: Christian Noboa

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochi was Christian Noboa.

His rating is (8.1) with 68 passes (67% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.

Rubin Kazan’ – Formation

Rubin Kazan

Yuriy Dyupin 22.Russia

7.2

Georgi Zotov 31.Russia

7.0

Filip Uremovic 5.Croatia

7.6

Montassar Talbi 3.Tunisia

7.4

Aleksandr Zuev 23.Kazakhstan

6.2

46'

26'

Soltmurad Bakaev 7.Russia

6.8

69'

Anders Dreyer 11.Denmark

8.4

81'

Sead Haksabanovic 99.Montenegro

6.5

In-beom Hwang 6.South Korea

7.8

Oliver Abildgaard 28.Denmark

6.1

61'

31'

German Onugkha 10.Russia

6.4

78'

Substitutes

Aleksey Gorodovoy 93.Russia

Nikita Medvedev 1.Russia

Ivan Savitskiy 24.Russia

Mikhail Kostyukov 14.Russia

7.0

46'

S. Surikov 84.Russia

Leon Musaev 38.Russia

6.8

69'

Ivan Ignatjev 19.Russia

6.1

78'

84'

Rubin Kazan’ started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Leonid Slutskiy played with: Yuri Dyupin (7.2), Georgi Zotov (7.0), Montassar Talbi (7.4), Filip Uremović (7.6), Aleksander Zuev (6.2), Oliver Abildgaard (6.1), In-Beom Hwang (7.8), Anders Dreyer (8.4), Sead Hakšabanović (6.5), Soltmurad Bakaev (6.8) and German Onugkha (6.4).

They had on the bench: Aleksey Gorodovoy, Ivan Ignatiev (6.1), Mikhail Kostyukov (7.0), Stepan Surikov, Ivan Savitskiy, Nikita Medvedev and Leon Musaev (6.8).