Lokomotiv Moskva beat Krasnodar 2-1 with F. Smolov scoring a double. HIGHLIGHT

Lokomotiv Moskva defeated Krasnodar to win 2-1. F. Smolov was the key to score 2 goals.

Lokomotiv Moskva beat Krasnodar 2-1 with F. Smolov scoring a double. HIGHLIGHT

Lokomotiv Moskva defeated Krasnodar to win 2-1. F. Smolov was the key to score 2 goals.

The match was played at the RZD Arena stadium in MOSKVA on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Vitaly Meshkov. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.1 degrees Celsius or 68.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Lokomotiv Moskva started with a conservative line-up. On the other side, Krasnodar adopted for a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Lokomotiv Moskva – Formation

Marko Nikolić decided to play with the following team: Guilherme Marinato, Dmitry Rybchinskiy, Stanislav Magkeev, Tin Jedvaj, Maciej Rybus, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Dmitriy Barinov, Daniil Kulikov, François Kamano, Fedor Smolov and Vitali Lisakovich.

The home team had on the bench: Nayair Tiknizyan, Maksim Nenakhov, Mikhail Ivankov, Andrey Savin, Anton Miranchuk, Aleksandr Silyanov, Daniil Khudyakov and Pablo.

Krasnodar – Formation

On the other side, Viktor Nikolić played with: Matvey Safonov, Sergei Petrov, Aleksandr Chernikov, Egor Sorokin, Cristian Ramírez, Yuri Gazinskiy, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Aleksey Ionov, Rémy Cabella, Viktor Claesson and Jhon Córdoba.

They had on the bench: Eduard Spertsyan, Vyacheslav Litvinov, Shapi Suleymanov, Dmitri Stotskiy, Evgeniy Gorodov, Nikita Krivtsov, Vladimir Iljin, Kaio, Daniil Kornyushin and Stanislav Agkatsev.

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 7 Total 18
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 1 Off Target 13
  • 1 Shots blocked 5
  • 64 Attack 153
  • 16 Dangerous attack 75
  • 103 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 10
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 12 Total 10
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Krasnodar was in firm control of the ball 65% while Lokomotiv Moskva was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Match Timeline

7'
14'
33'
Rifat Zhemaletdinov- Yellow
39'
46'
Kaio- sub ->A. Ionov
A. Siljanov- sub ->V. Lisakovich
57'
61'
A. Chernikov- Yellow
67'
Eduard Spertsyan- sub ->A. Chernikov
Nair Tiknizyan - sub ->R. Zhemaletdinov
69'
71'
J. Córdoba(goal)V. Claesson
Dmitriy Barinov- Yellow
76'
78'
84'
88'
90'
90'

After this match, Lokomotiv Moskva will have 11 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Krasnodar will stay with 6 points to move up in the 9th place.

In the next match in the Premier League, Lokomotiv Moskva will play away Dinamo Moskva on the 27th of August with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Lokomotiv Moskva (9 draw). Krasnodar will host Rubin Kazan’ on the 27th of August with a 14-4 head to head in favor of Krasnodar (2 draw).