SOCHI. Sochi was ultimately too good for Spartak Moskva with the goal of C. Noboa (28′ pen), I. Popov (89′) and A. Yusupov (90′ pen). Spartak Moskva lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
Sochi remained in players after C. Noboa received a red card in the 66′. Nonetheless, Sochi still was capable to win this match competing only in 10.
The match was played at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht stadium in Sochi on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Ivanov who was helped by Valeri Danchenko and Roman Usachev. The 4th official was Maksim Perezva. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.1 degrees Celsius or 46.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
- 11 Total 24
- 4 On Target 6
- 7 Off Target 18
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 83 Attack 123
- 33 Dangerous attack 80
- 92 Ball safe 93
- 2 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 17
Fouls
- 14 Total 11
- 6 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Spartak Moskva had a strong ball possession 58% while Sochi was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Spartak Moskva had a more offensive attitude with 80 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Sochi was able to find the solution to win this match.
Sochi shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spartak Moskva shot 24 times, 6 on target, 18 off target.
Cards
Sochi received 6 yellow cards (A. Yusupov, D. Prokhin, I. Tsallagov, Rodrigo, D. Adamov and I. Popov). On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva received 3 yellow cards (M. Ignatov, S. Gigot and Z. Bakaev).
(Sochi) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (66′).
Also, Spartak Moskva didn’t finish the match with 11 players after M. Caufriez (Spartak Moskva) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sochi will have 31 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva will stay with 23 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
Sochi – Formation
Sochi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Vladimir Fedotov decided to play with the following team: Denis Adamov
, Danila Prokhin , Rodrigão Prado , Igor Yurganov , Kirill Zaika , Ibragim Tsallagov , Christian Noboa , Sergey Terekhov , Joãozinho , Mateo Cassierra, Maksim Barsov and Artur Yusupov .The home team had on the bench: Maksim Kolmakov, Mateo Barać, Ivelin Popov
, Victorien Angban, Timofey Margasov, Nikita Burmistrov , Emanuel Mammana , Pavel Shakuro, Daniil Pavlov and Nikolay Zabolotnyi.Substitutions
Sochi made 4 changes: D. Prokhin for E. Mammana (46′), Joaozinho for N. Burmistrov (67′), M. Barsov for I. Popov (67′) and K. Zaika for T. Margasov (90′).
Best player: Denis Adamov
The most impressive player for Sochi was the goalkeeper: Denis Adamov. His rating is 7.81. He performed 6 saves.
Spartak Moskva – Formation
Spartak Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória played with: Aleksandr Selikhov
, Maximiliano Caufriez , Samuel Gigot , Georgiy Dzhikiya , Aleksandr Lomovitskiy , Victor Moses , Nail Umyarov , Roman Zobnin , Quincy Promes , Mikhail Ignatov , Zelimkhan Bakaev .The following players were sitting on the bench: Stepan Melnikov, Jorrit Hendrix, Daniil Denisov, Ilya Kutepov, Nikolay Rasskazov, Timur Akmurzin, Aleksandr Maksimenko, Andrey Eshchenko, Georgi Melkadze
, Vladislav Shitov, Ruslan Litvinov and Stepan Oganesyan.Substitutions
Spartak Moskva made 2 changes: M. Ignatov for G. Melkadze (59′) and A. Lomovitskiy for V. Shitov (88′).
Best player: Samuel Gigot
The most impressive player for Spartak Moskva was Samuel Gigot.
His rating is
with 52 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Sochi – Spartak Moskva – 3-0