KALININGRAD. Baltika and Sochi didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..
The match was played at the Baltika Stadium stadium in Kaliningrad on Sunday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Rafael Shafeev with the collaboration of Rustam Mukhtarov and Aleksey Vorontsov. The 4th official was Roman Galimov. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 8.97 degrees Celsius or 48.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Baltika was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sochi that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Baltika was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Baltika to win the match.
Baltika shot 12 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Sochi shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Baltika received 3 yellow cards (Kristijan Bistrović, V. Lisakovich and Diego Luna). On the other side, Sochi received 2 yellow cards (Ignacio Saavedra and Martin Kramaric).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Baltika has 14 points to remain in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Sochi will has 12 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Baltika will play away with Orenburg on the 10th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Baltika (0 draws).
Sochi will host Spartak Moskva on the 16th of September with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Spartak Moskva (2 draws).
Baltika – Formation
Baltika
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Baltika started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Sergey Ignashevich decided to play with the following team: Evgeny Latyshonok , Kevin Andrade , Aleksandr Zhirov , Diego Luna , Yuriy Kovalev , Kirill Kaplenko , Kristijan Bistrović , Roberto Fernández , Alex Fernandes , Joel Fameyeh and Dmitry Rybchinskiy .
The home team had on the bench: Kirill Malyarov , Nathan Gassama , Aleksandr Osipov , Gedeon Guzina, Ángelo Henríquez, Sergey Pryakhin, Ivan Konovalov, Soslan Dzhanaev, Tigran Avanesyan, Danila Kozlov, V. Lisakovich and Vladislav Lazarev.
Baltika could not rely on the presence of Aleksandr Osipov (injured).
Substitutions
Baltika made 4 changes: Dmitry Rybchinskiy for Kirill Malyarov (62′), Diego Luna for Nathan Gassama (67′), Roberto Fernández for V. Lisakovich (62′) and Kirill Kaplenko for Aleksandr Osipov (71′).
Player of the match: Evgeny Latyshonok
The most impressive player for Baltika was the goalkeeper: Evgeny Latyshonok. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.
Sochi – Formation
Sochi
Sochi started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Robert Moreno played with: Nikolay Zabolotnyi , Kirill Zaika , Vanja Drkusic , Marcelo Alves , Artem Makarchuk , Kirill Kravtsov , Ignacio Saavedra , Aleksandar Jukić , Aleksey Sutormin , Sergio Córdova and Martin Kramaric .
These were the players on the bench: Maksim Rudakov, Dmitri Chistyakov, Vyacheslav Litvinov, Victorien Angban, Artur Yusupov , Nikita Burmistrov , Saúl Guarirapa, Miguel , Yahia Attiyat Allah, Timofey Margasov, Danil Anosov and Yuriy Medvedev .
Substitutions
Sochi made 4 changes: Aleksey Sutormin for Nikita Burmistrov (65′), Kirill Kravtsov for Artur Yusupov (65′), Aleksandar Jukić for Miguel (79′) and Kirill Zaika for Yuriy Medvedev (79′).
Player of the match: Artem Makarchuk
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochi was Artem Makarchuk.
His rating is with 58 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod – Fakel – 1-1
- Dinamo Moskva – Lokomotiv Moskva – 2-1
- Baltika – Sochi – 0-0
