MOSKVA. CSKA Moskva defeats Spartak Moskva 1-0 after A. Zabolotnyi scored just 1 goal (81′).
CSKA Moskva remained in 10 people after A. Zabolotnyi received a double yellow card in the 90′.
The match was played at the VEB Arena stadium in Moskva on Monday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Karasev with the assistance of Aleksey Lunev and Andrey Bolotenkov. The 4th official was Pavel Shadykhanov. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Both teams adopted the same extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
CSKA Moskva – Formation
CSKA Moskva
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75'
90'
81'
The manager Alexei Berezutski decided to play with the following team: Igor Akinfeev , Kirill Nababkin , Igor Diveev , Jaka Bijol , Mário Fernandes , Baktiyar Zaynutdinov , Alan Dzagoev , Ivan Oblyakov , Fedor Chalov , Anton Zabolotnyi and Chidera Ejuke .
The home team had on the bench: Vladislav Torop, Ilzat Akhmetov , Kristijan Bistrović , Emil Bohinen and Konstantin Kuchaev .
CSKA Moskva could not rely on the presence of K. Bistrovic (injured).
Best player: Igor Akinfeev
The player that probably impressed the most for CSKA Moskva was the goalkeeper: Igor Akinfeev. His rating is 7.40. He performed 0 saves.
Spartak Moskva – Formation
Spartak Moskva
On the opposite side, Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória played with: Aleksandr Maksimenko , Ruslan Litvinov , Samuel Gigot , Georgiy Dzhikiya , Ayrton , Victor Moses , Maximiliano Caufriez , Nail Umyarov , Quincy Promes , Jordan Larsson and Ezequiel Ponce .
They had on the bench: Artem Rebrov, Aleksandr Selikhov, Andrey Eshchenko, Ilya Kutepov, Nikolay Rasskazov , Mikhail Ignatov , Aleksandr Lomovitskiy and Zelimkhan Bakaev .
Best player: Samuel Gigot
The player that probably impressed the most for Spartak Moskva was Samuel Gigot.
His rating is with 38 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 7 Total 15
- 1 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 10
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 101 Attack 123
- 56 Dangerous attack 45
- 84 Ball safe 96
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 6
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. CSKA Moskva was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Spartak Moskva that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
CSKA Moskva was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why CSKA Moskva won the match.
CSKA Moskva shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Spartak Moskva shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
CSKA Moskva received 3 yellow cards (A. Zabolotnyi, E. Bohinen and I. Oblyakov). On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva received 1 yellow card (N. Umyarov).
A. Zabolotnyi (CSKA Moskva) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, CSKA Moskva will have 13 points like Krasnodar to move up in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva will stay with 10 points like Krylya Sovetov to move up in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, CSKA Moskva will play away against Olimpiyets on the 27th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Spartak Moskva will host Ufa on the 25th of September with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Ufa (4 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- CSKA Moskva – Spartak Moskva – 1-0
- Rubin Kazan’ – Zenit – 1-3
- Ural – Lokomotiv Moskva – 0-0
