GROZNYI. Spartak Moskva tops Akhmat Grozny 1-0 after A. Sobolev scored just 1 goal (41′).

Z. Bakaev missed a penalty (68′) for Spartak Moskva.​

Z. Bakaev missed 1 penalty (68′) for ​Spartak Moskva.

The match was played at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Groznyi on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Kirill Levnikov who had the assistance of Egor Bolkhovitin and Aleksandr Bogdanov. The 4th official was Sergey Kulikov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Akhmat Grozny was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Spartak Moskva that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Spartak Moskva was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Spartak Moskva won the match.​

Akhmat Grozny shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Spartak Moskva shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Akhmat Grozny received 2 yellow cards (A. Timofeev and I. Konovalov). On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards (R. Litvinov, V. Moses, Ayrton and A. Lomovitskiy).

Standings

After playing this match, Akhmat Grozny will stay with 12 points to move up in the 11th place. On the other side, Spartak Moskva will have 16 points to stay in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Akhmat Grozny will play away with Khimki on the 17th of October with a 6-0 head to head in favor of Akhmat Grozny (0 draws).

Spartak Moskva will host Dinamo Moskva on the 16th of October with a 17-6 head to head record in favor of Spartak Moskva (11 draws).

Akhmat Grozny – Formation

Akhmat Grozny started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Andrey Talalaev decided to play with the following team: Vitaliy Gudiev (7.3), Rizvan Utsiev (6.8), Andrey Semenov (7.1), Vitali Lystsov (6.4), Marat Bystrov (5.8), Artem Polyarus (6.7), Artem Timofeev (6.8), Igor Konovalov (6.4), Evgeni Kharin (6.5), Daniil Utkin (7.0) and Mohamed Konate (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Senin Sebai (6.8), Vladislav Karapuzov (6.7), Aleksandr Putsko, Islam Alsultanov, Lechi Sadulaev, Zoran Nižić (7.1), Abubakar Inalkaev (6.4), Aleksandr Melikhov, Abubakar Kadyrov and Giorgi Shelia.

Substitutions

Akhmat Grozny made 4 changes: R. Utsiev for Z. Nizic (65′), D. Utkin for S. Sebai (65′), A. Polyarus for V. Karapuzov (66′) and I. Konovalov for A. Inalkaev (84′).

Best player: Vitaliy Gudiev​

The player that probably impressed the most for Akhmat Grozny was the goalkeeper: Vitaliy Gudiev. His rating is 7.33. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.

Spartak Moskva – Formation

Spartak Moskva started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

On the opposite side, Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória played with: Aleksandr Maksimenko (6.8), Maximiliano Caufriez (7.5), Samuel Gigot (7.4), Georgiy Dzhikiya (7.0), Victor Moses (7.3), Ruslan Litvinov (6.8), Nail Umyarov (6.8), Ayrton (7.1), Zelimkhan Bakaev (6.7), Aleksandr Sobolev (6.9) and Quincy Promes (7.0).

They had on the bench: Aleksandr Selikhov, Ilya Gaponov, Stepan Melnikov, Mikhail Ignatov (6.8), Andrey Eshchenko, Daniil Denisov, Artem Rebrov and Aleksandr Lomovitskiy (7.1).

Substitutions

Spartak Moskva made 3 changes: Q. Promes for A. Lomovitskiy (77′), Z. Bakaev for M. Ignatov (87′) and R. Litvinov for D. Denisov (90′).

Best player: Maximiliano Caufriez​

The player that probably impressed the most for Spartak Moskva was Maximiliano Caufriez even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 43 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Zenit – Sochi – 1-2
• Lokomotiv Moskva – Rostov – 1-2
• Akhmat Grozny – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
• Ufa – Ural – 0-1