NIZHNIY NOVGOROD. FK Nizjni Novgorod and Krylya Sovetov didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Krylya Sovetov was vastly better in terms of ball possession (61%)​.

The match was played at the Stadion Nizhny Novgorod stadium in Nizhniy Novgorod on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Vitali Meshkov who had the assistance of Dmitri Cheltsov and Aram Petrosyan. The 4th official was Yan Bobrovskiy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.7 degrees Celsius or 35.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Krylya Sovetov had a strong ball possession 61% while FK Nizjni Novgorod was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Krylya Sovetov was more pushing with 67 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Krylya Sovetov to win the encounter​.

FK Nizjni Novgorod shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Krylya Sovetov shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

FK Nizjni Novgorod received 2 yellow cards (T. Suleymanov and A. Sharipov). On the opposite side, Krylya Sovetov received 2 yellow cards (Y. Gorshkov and A. Zinkovskiy).

Standings

After playing this match, FK Nizjni Novgorod will have 15 points like Ufa to climb in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Krylya Sovetov will have 24 points like CSKA Moskva and Akhmat Grozny to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, FK Nizjni Novgorod will host Rubin Kazan’ on the 5th of December with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Krylya Sovetov will host CSKA Moskva on the 4th of December with a 21-6 head to head in favor of CSKA Moskva (7 draws).

FK Nizjni Novgorod – Formation

FK Nizjni Novgorod started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Alexander Kerzhakov decided to play with the following team: Artur Nigmatullin (7.4), Aleksey Kozlov (6.9), Nikita Kakkoev (7.2), Lucas Masoero (7.2), Ákos Kecskés (7.0), Ibrokhimhalil Yuldoshev (7.1), Timur Suleymanov (6.4), Albert Sharipov (7.0), Nikolay Kalinskiy (6.6), Ilya Berkovskyi (6.6) and Kirill Kosarev (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Igor Gorbunov (7.1), Aleksander Sapeta (6.7), Artur Anisimov, Kirill Gotsuk, Richie Ennin (6.7), Daniil Penchikov, Bekim Balaj (6.5), Ivan Miladinović and Andrey Sinitsyn.

FK Nizjni Novgorod could not rely on the presence of A. Sapeta (injured).

Substitutions

FK Nizjni Novgorod made 4 changes: K. Kosarev for I. Gorbunov (56′), T. Suleymanov for R. Ennin (63′), A. Sharipov for A. Sapeta (77′) and I. Berkovskiy for B. Balaj (77′).

Best player: Artur Nigmatullin​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FK Nizjni Novgorod was the goalkeeper: Artur Nigmatullin. His rating is 7.44. He performed 2 saves.

Krylya Sovetov – Formation

Krylya Sovetov started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Igor Osinkin played with: Ivan Lomaev (6.8), Mehdi Zeffane (7.2), Silvije Begić (7.2), Aleksandr Soldatenkov (7.2), Glenn Bijl (8.0), Roman Ezhov (6.2), Maksim Vityugov (6.8), Yuri Gorshkov (6.9), Anton Zinkovskiy (6.4), Vladislav Sarveli (7.1) and Ivan Sergeev (6.4).

They had on the bench: Danila Smirnov, Denis Yakuba (7.2), Dmitri Prishchepa, Danil Beltyukov, Maksim Glushenkov (7.1), Nikita Chernov, Bogdan Ovsyannikov, Sergey Pinyaev (6.4), Sergey Bozhin, Dmitri Tsypchenko and Danil Lipovoy.

Substitutions

Krylya Sovetov made 5 changes: V. Sarveli for M. Glushenkov (70′), Y. Gorshkov for D. Yakuba (70′), A. Zinkovskiy for S. Pinyaev (77′), M. Vityugov for D. Tsypchenko (89′) and R. Ezhov for D. Lipovoy (89′).

Best player: Glenn Bijl​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Krylya Sovetov was Glenn Bijl.

His rating is (8.0) with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• FK Nizjni Novgorod – Krylya Sovetov – 0-0
• CSKA Moskva – Zenit – 0-2
• Rubin Kazan’ – Dinamo Moskva – 2-3