Rostov manage to turn the table agains Olimpiyets to win 2-1.
The match was played at the Stadion Nizhny Novgorod stadium in NIZHNIY NOVGOROD on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Evgeny Kukulyak. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.7 degrees Celsius or 60.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Both teams adopted the same 5-3-2 line-up.
Olimpiyets – Formation
Alexander Kerzhakov decided to play with the following team: Artur Nigmatullin, Aleksey Kozlov, Ákos Kecskés, Lucas Masoero, Kirill Gotsuk, Denis Tkachuk, Nikolay Kalinskiy, Nikita Kakkoev, Igor Gorbunov, Richie Ennin and Bekim Balaj.
The home team had on the bench: Artur Anisimov, Pavel Mogilevets, Ilya Berkovskyi, Leo Goglichidze, Aleksander Sapeta, Timur Suleymanov, Daniil Penchikov and Kirill Kosarev.
Rostov – Formation
On the other side, Yury Kerzhakov played with: Sergey Pesyakov, Denis Terentjev, Dennis Hadžikadunić, Maksim Osipenko, Bastos, Kirill Folmer, Daniil Glebov, Mathias Normann, Kento Hashimoto, Nikolay Komlichenko and Pontus Almqvist.
They had on the bench: Andrey Langovich, Egor Baburin, Dmitri Poloz, Khoren Bayramyan, Armin Gigović, Roman Tugarev, Viktor Melekhin, A. Mukhin, Danila Sukhomlinov and D. Tosevski.
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 7 Total 13
- 1 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 11
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 100 Attack 107
- 35 Dangerous attack 30
- 68 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 4
Rostov was in firm control of the ball 55% while Olimpiyets was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Match Timeline
After this match, Olimpiyets will stay with 7 points to move up in the 7th place. On the other side, Rostov will have 4 points to move up in the 14th place.
In the next match in the Premier League, Olimpiyets will play away Khimki on the 27th of August with a 0-0 head to head record. Rostov will play away Ural on the 27th of August with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Rostov (6 draw).