SOCHI. Sochi topped Rostov.
The match was played at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht stadium in Sochi on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Evgeny Kukulyak who had the assistance of Valeri Danchenko and Andrey Bolotenkov. The 4th official was Aleksandr Mashlyakevich. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Sochi was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Rostov that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sochi was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sochi won the match.
Sochi shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Rostov shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Sochi received 2 yellow cards (D. Prokhin and N. Burmistrov). On the other side, Rostov received 3 yellow cards (Bastos, I. Kalinin and A. Gigovic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sochi will have 21 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Rostov will stay with 9 points like Ural to move up in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Sochi will play away against Lokomotiv Moskva on the 25th of October with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Lokomotiv Moskva (1 draw).
Rostov will host Arsenal Tula on the 23rd of October with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Rostov (4 draws).
Sochi – Formation
Sochi
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Sochi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Vladimir Fedotov decided to play with the following team: Soslan Dzhanaev , Danila Prokhin , Rodrigão Prado , Igor Yurganov , Kirill Zaika , Christian Noboa , Ibragim Tsallagov , Sergey Terekhov , Nikita Burmistrov , Mateo Cassierra and Artur Yusupov .
The home team had on the bench: Mateo Barać, Daniil Pavlov, Nikolay Zabolotnyi , Ivelin Popov , Emanuel Mammana, Joãozinho, Maksim Kolmakov, Maksim Barsov, Denis Adamov, Pavel Shakuro, Victorien Angban and Timofey Margasov .
Substitutions
Sochi made 5 changes: N. Burmistrov for I. Popov (46′), S. Dzhanaev for N. Zabolotnyi (46′), K. Zaika for T. Margasov (76′), A. Yusupov for Joaozinho (87′) and C. Noboa for V. Angban (90′).
Best player: Mateo Cassierra
The player that probably impressed the most for Sochi was Mateo Cassierra.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 16.
Rostov – Formation
Rostov
Rostov started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Zaur Tedeev played with: Sergey Pesyakov , Denis Terentjev , Bastos , Maksim Osipenko , Igor Kalinin , Kento Hashimoto , Daniil Glebov , Armin Gigović , Dmitri Poloz , Nikolay Komlichenko and Pontus Almqvist .
These were the players on the bench: Artem Isik, Kirill Shchetinin, Dennis Hadžikadunić , Khoren Bayramyan , Kirill Folmer, Viktor Melekhin, Danila Sukhomlinov , Andrey Langovich, Ali Sowe , Egor Baburin, Roman Tugarev and Nikolai Poiarkov .
Rostov could not rely on the presence of K. Bayramyan (injured).
Substitutions
Rostov made 5 changes: D. Terentjev for D. Hadzikadunic (46′), N. Komlichenko for A. Sowe (46′), K. Hashimoto for D. Sukhomlinov (60′), I. Kalinin for N. Poyarkov (77′) and A. Gigovic for K. Bayramyan (80′).
Best player: Bastos
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rostov was Bastos.
His rating is with 1 goal, 59 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Spartak Moskva – Dinamo Moskva – 2-2
- Sochi – Rostov – 3-2
- Rubin Kazan’ – Lokomotiv Moskva – 2-2
- Arsenal Tula – Zenit – 2-1
