NIZHNIY NOVGOROD. FK Nizjni Novgorod conquered Rubin Kazan’ to win 2-1. N. Kalinski was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was FK Nizjni Novgorod to strike first with an early goal of N. Kalinski at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 28′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, N. Kalinski gave the win to FK Nizjni Novgorod in the 41′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Rubin Kazan’ was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (71%).
The match was played at the Stadion Nizhny Novgorod stadium in Nizhniy Novgorod on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Artem Chistyakov with the collaboration of Aleksey Stipidi and Andrey Obrazko. The 4th official was Aleksey Amelin. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -5.3 degrees Celsius or 22.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
- 9 Total 25
- 5 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 18
- 0 Shots blocked 6
- 62 Attack 145
- 29 Dangerous attack 71
- 71 Ball safe 81
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
Fouls
- 7 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Rubin Kazan’ was in firm control of the ball 71% while FK Nizjni Novgorod was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rubin Kazan’ was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, FK Nizjni Novgorod found a way to find the solution to win this match.
FK Nizjni Novgorod shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rubin Kazan’ shot 25 times, 7 on target, 18 off target.
Cards
FK Nizjni Novgorod received 1 yellow card (D. Tkachuk). On the opposite side, Rubin Kazan’ received 3 yellow cards (G. Zotov, K. Kvaratskhelia and Hwang In-Beom).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, FK Nizjni Novgorod will have 18 points like Rostov to climb in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Rubin Kazan’ will stay with 22 points to move up in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, FK Nizjni Novgorod will play away with Krasnodar on the 12th of December with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Krasnodar (0 draws).
Rubin Kazan’ will play away agasint Krylya Sovetov on the 11th of December with a 15-7 head to head in favor of Rubin Kazan’ (10 draws).
FK Nizjni Novgorod – Formation
FK Nizjni Novgorod
46'
2', 41'
78'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 , Aleksey Kozlov , Ákos Kecskés , Lucas Masoero , Kirill Gotsuk , Ibrokhimhalil Yuldoshev , Albert Sharipov , Nikita Kakkoev , Nikolay Kalinskiy , Timur Suleymanov and Bekim Balaj .
The home team had on the bench: Igor Gorbunov , Artur Anisimov, Aleksander Sapeta, Daniil Penchikov, Kirill Kosarev, Ivan Miladinović, Andrey Sinitsyn and Denis Tkachuk.
FK Nizjni Novgorod could not rely on the presence of D. Penchikov (injured).
Substitutions
FK Nizjni Novgorod made 5 changes: N. Kakkoev for I. Gorbunov (46′), T. Suleymanov for D. Penchikov (89′), B. Balaj for I. Miladinovic (90′), D. Penchikov for A. Sapeta (90′) and D. Penchikov for A. Sapeta (90′).
Best player: Nikolay Kalinskiy
The player that probably impressed the most for FK Nizjni Novgorod was Nikolay Kalinskiy.
His rating is with 2 goals, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Rubin Kazan’ – Formation
Rubin Kazan
Rubin Kazan’ started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Leonid Slutskiy played with: Yuri Dyupin , Georgi Zotov , Montassar Talbi , Filip Uremović , Aleksander Zuev , Oliver Abildgaard , In-Beom Hwang , Anders Dreyer , Sead Hakšabanović , Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and German Onugkha .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Soltmurad Bakaev , Đorđe Despotović , Leon Musaev, Ivan Ignatiev , Nikita Medvedev, Ivan Savitskiy, Stepan Surikov and Aleksey Gorodovoy.
Substitutions
Rubin Kazan’ made 2 changes: K. Kvaratskhelia for S. Bakaev (52′) and G. Onugkha for D. Despotovic (64′).
Best player: Sead Hakšabanović
The most impressive player for Rubin Kazan’ was Sead Hakšabanović.
His rating is with 46 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod – Rubin Kazan’ – 2-1
- Dinamo Moskva – Ufa – 2-0
- Sochi – Krasnodar – 1-2
- Khimki – Arsenal Tula – 1-2
