NIZHNIY NOVGOROD. CSKA Moskva overcomes Olimpiyets with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Zaynutdinov (31′) and a penalty scored byI. Akhmetov (63′). CSKA Moskva took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadion Nizhny Novgorod stadium in Nizhniy Novgorod on Monday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Kirill Levnikov with the assistance of Egor Bolkhovitin and Andrey Vereteshkin. The 4th official was Evgeni Bulanov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.3 degrees Celsius or 41.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
- 9 Total 11
- 2 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 116 Attack 127
- 46 Dangerous attack 51
- 61 Ball safe 72
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 5
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
CSKA Moskva was in firm control of the ball 59% while Olimpiyets was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
CSKA Moskva was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why CSKA Moskva won the match.
Olimpiyets shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, CSKA Moskva shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Olimpiyets received 3 yellow cards (D. Tkachuk, B. Balaj and K. Gotsuk). On the opposite side, CSKA Moskva didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Olimpiyets will stay with 11 points to move up in the 10th place. On the other side, CSKA Moskva will have 16 points like Krasnodar to stay in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Olimpiyets will play away with Rubin Kazan’ on the 2nd of October with a 0-0 head to head record.
CSKA Moskva will host Krasnodar on the 2nd of October with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of CSKA Moskva (7 draws).
Olimpiyets – Formation

Olimpiyets started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Alexander Kerzhakov decided to play with the following team: Artur Nigmatullin
, Aleksey Kozlov , Lucas Masoero , Ákos Kecskés , Kirill Gotsuk , Denis Tkachuk , Igor Gorbunov , Petrus Boumal , Nikolay Kalinskiy , Bekim Balaj and Richie Ennin .The home team had on the bench: Artyom Galadzhan, Ivan Miladinović, Ilya Berkovskyi
, Artur Anisimov, Pavel Mogilevets, Ibrokhim Yuldoshev, Kirill Kosarev , Albert Sharipov , Timur Suleymanov , Aleksander Sapeta, Daniil Penchikov and Andrey Sinitsyn.Substitutions
Olimpiyets made 4 changes: B. Balaj for T. Suleymanov (46′), P. Boumal for A. Sharipov (69′), R. Ennin for I. Berkovskiy (69′) and I. Gorbunov for K. Kosarev (79′).
Best player: Ákos Kecskés
The player that probably impressed the most for Olimpiyets was Ákos Kecskés.
His rating is
with 49 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.CSKA Moskva – Formation

CSKA Moskva started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the opposite side, Alexei Berezutski played with: Igor Akinfeev
, Mário Fernandes , Igor Diveev , Jaka Bijol , Ivan Oblyakov , Maksim Mukhin , Vladislav Yakovlev , Baktiyar Zaynutdinov , Ilzat Akhmetov , Chidera Ejuke and Fedor Chalov .They had on the bench: Dmitri Kaptilovich, Danila Bokov, Kirill Nababkin
, Kristijan Bistrović, Konstantin Kuchaev , Emil Bohinen, Alan Dzagoev , Eduard Bagrintsev and Vladislav Torop.Substitutions
CSKA Moskva made 3 changes: V. Yakovlev for K. Kuchaev (64′), I. Akhmetov for A. Dzagoev (78′) and C. Ejuke for K. Nababkin (83′).
Best player: Ilzat Akhmetov
The player that probably impressed the most for CSKA Moskva was Ilzat Akhmetov.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 37 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Olimpiyets – CSKA Moskva – 0-2
- Ural – Arsenal Tula – 2-0