KALININGRAD. Volgar Astrakhan beats Baltika 2-0 after S. A. scores a double.

The match was played at the Stadion Baltika stadium in Kaliningrad on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4 degrees Celsius or 39.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possesssion

Baltika had a superior ball possession 58% while Volgar Astrakhan was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Baltika was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Volgar Astrakhan managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Baltika shot 25 times, 5 on target, 20 off target. On the opposite side, Volgar Astrakhan shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Baltika received 5 yellow cards (Y. Kazaev, I. Alshin, A. Meshchaninov, V. Lazarev and M. Kascelan). On the opposite side, Volgar Astrakhan received 2 yellow cards (D. Gorovykh and V. Demianov).

Standings

After this match, Baltika will stay with 21 points like Rotor Volgograd and Dolgie Prudy to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Volgar Astrakhan will have 12 points to move up in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the FNL, Baltika will play away against Metallurg Lipetsk on the 17th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Baltika (1 draw).

Volgar Astrakhan will host Fakel on the 17th of October with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Fakel (4 draws).

Baltika – Formation

The manager Sergey Ignashevich decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Baltika made 5 changes: D. Shamkin for V. Lazarev (46′), D. Klenkin for M. Kascelan (46′), M. Markovic for R. Murtazayev (69′), A. Makarchuk for I. Geloyan (81′) and A. Meshchaninov for V. Denisov (81′).

Volgar Astrakhan – Formation

On the opposite side, Vitaliy Panov played with: .

Substitutions

Volgar Astrakhan made 4 changes: V. Demianov for A. Pavlishin (68′), I. Stefanovich for A. Yusupov (69′), A. Gilyazetdinov for A. Butenko (83′) and I. Rashchenya for A. Pogosov (88′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the FNL.​

• Metallurg Lipetsk – Veles – 1-0
• Fakel – SKA Khabarovsk – 0-1
• Tom’ Tomsk – Dolgie Prudy – 1-1
• Akron – Alaniya Vladikavkaz – 2-1
• Rotor Volgograd – Urozhay – 1-3
• KAMAZ – Yenisey – 1-1
• Krasnodar II – Torpedo Moskva – 1-1
• Orenburg – Tekstilshchik – 2-0
• Neftekhimik – Spartak Moskva II – 5-0
• Baltika – Volgar Astrakhan – 0-2