GROZNYI. Akhmat Grozny tops Ural 1-0 after A. Semenov scored just 1 goal (72′). Akhmat Grozny made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Groznyi on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Artem Chistyakov assisted by Aleksey Shiryaev and Aleksey Stipidi. The 4th official was Igor Panin. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.17 degrees Celsius or 48.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Akhmat Grozny had a superior ball possession 59% while Ural was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Akhmat Grozny was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Akhmat Grozny won the match​.

Akhmat Grozny shot 11 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Ural shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Akhmat Grozny received 2 yellow cards (Andrey Semenov and Darko Todorovic). On the opposite side, Ural received 2 yellow cards (Silvije Begić and Valeriy Bocherov ).

Standings

After playing this contest, Akhmat Grozny has 20 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Ural will stays with 19 points to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Akhmat Grozny will play away against Dinamo Moskva on the 10th of March with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Dinamo Moskva (10 draws).

Ural will host Zenit on the 10th of March with a 19-0 head to head record in favor of Zenit (3 draws).

Akhmat Grozny – Formation

Akhmat Grozny started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Miroslav Romashchenko decided to play with the following team: Giorgiy Shelia (7.9), Andrey Semenov (7.8), Nader Ghandri (7.3), Jasmin Celikovic (7.0), Darko Todorovic (7.5), Vladislav Kamilov (7.1), Artem Timofeev (7.7), Lucas Lovat (7.0), Ivan Oleynikov (7.3), Mohamed Konaté (7.0) and Lechi Sadulaev  (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mikhail Oparin, Turpal-Ali Ibishev, Milos Satara , Miroslav Bogosavac (6.7), Camilo (7.0), Vladimir Iljin (6.8), Minkail Matsuev, Rizvan Utsiev, Bi Néné Junior Gbamblé , Evgeniy Kharin (6.4), Yahya Marovedov and Svetoslav Kovachev.

Substitutions

Akhmat Grozny made 4 changes: Lucas Lovat for Miroslav Bogosavac (73′), Lechi Sadulaev  for Vladimir Iljin (73′), Ivan Oleynikov for Evgeniy Kharin (87′) and Vladislav Kamilov for Camilo (87′).

Player of the match: Giorgiy Shelia​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Akhmat Grozny was the goalkeeper: Giorgiy Shelia. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Ural – Formation

Ural started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Viktor Goncharenko played with: Ilya Pomazun (6.7), Denys Kulakov (6.4), Silvije Begić (6.3), Egor Filipenko (7.3), Ítalo (7.0), Mingiyan Beveev (6.6), Danijel Miškić (7.5), Fanil Sungatulin (6.7), Valeriy Bocherov  (6.8), Eric Bicfalvi (6.3) and Aleksey Ionov (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Émerson, Guilherme Schettine (6.8), Vladislav Malkevich  (7.1), Igor Dmitriev, Kiki Afonso, Ibrahima Cisse (6.6), Artem Mamin, Aleksey Mamin, Denis Scherbitski, Aleksey Kashtanov (6.4) and Ilya Ishkov (6.6).

Substitutions

Ural made 5 changes: Valeriy Bocherov  for Aleksey Kashtanov (77′), Aleksey Ionov for Ilya Ishkov (77′), Mingiyan Beveev for Vladislav Malkevich  (80′), Eric Bicfalvi for Guilherme Schettine (77′) and Fanil Sungatulin for Ibrahima Cisse (87′).

Player of the match: Danijel Miškić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ural was Danijel Miškić.

His rating is 7.5 with 50 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• CSKA Moskva – Orenburg – 1-1
• Krasnodar – Rubin Kazan – 1-1
• Zenit – Spartak Moskva – 0-0
• Akhmat Grozny – Ural – 1-0