JEKATERINBURG. Ural and Sochi draw 1-1. R. Augustyniak scored the first goal (34′) for Ural. C. Noboa settled the score (68′).
The match was played at the Ekaterinburg Arena stadium in Jekaterinburg on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Artem Lyubimov with the support of Dmitri Zhvakin and Roman Milyuchenko. The 4th official was Dmitri Streltsov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -1.2 degrees Celsius or 29.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Ural was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sochi that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ural was was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Ural to win the match.
Ural shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Sochi shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Ural received 1 yellow card (E. Bicfalvi). Regarding the opposition, Sochi received 3 yellow cards (S. Terekhov, M. Barac and M. Cassierra).
Also, Sochi didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Barac (Sochi) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (74′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Ural will have 13 points like Arsenal Tula to soar in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Sochi will have 28 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Ural will play away with Lokomotiv Moskva on the 4th of December with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Lokomotiv Moskva (6 draws).
Sochi will host Krasnodar on the 5th of December with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Sochi (1 draw).
Ural – Formation
Ural started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Igor Shalimov decided to play with the following team: Ilya Pomazun , Denys Kulakov , Arsen Adamov , Ivan Kuzmichev , Aleksei Gerasimov , Leo Goglichidze , Ramazan Gadzimuradov , Rafał Augustyniak , Luka Gagnidze , Andrey Egorychev and Eric Bicfalvi .
The home team had on the bench: Aleksey Evseev, Yuri Zheleznov , Kirill Kolesnichenko, Yildren Ibrahimaj, Artem Shmykov, Mikhail Ageev, Vyacheslav Podberezkin, Artem Mamin, Dmitrij Makovskiy, Vladimir Rykov and Yaroslav Godzyur.
Substitutions
Ural made only 1 change substituting R. Gadzhimuradov for Y. Zheleznov (75′).
Best player: Eric Bicfalvi
The most impressive player for Ural was Eric Bicfalvi.
His rating is with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Sochi – Formation
Sochi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Vladimir Fedotov played with: Denis Adamov , Danila Prokhin , Rodrigão Prado , Mateo Barać , Timofey Margasov , Christian Noboa , Ibragim Tsallagov , Sergey Terekhov , Nikita Burmistrov , Mateo Cassierra and Dmitry Vorobyev .
These were the players on the bench: Emanuel Mammana , Nikolay Zabolotnyi, Marko Dugandžić, Victorien Angban , Maksim Barsov, Joãozinho , Ivelin Popov and Pavel Shakuro.
Substitutions
Sochi made 4 changes: D. Vorobyev for Joaozinho (46′), N. Burmistrov for V. Angban (68′), S. Terekhov for E. Mammana (86′) and M. Cassierra for M. Dugandzic (90′).
Best player: Christian Noboa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochi was Christian Noboa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 59 passes (69% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.