SOCHI. Sochi and Khimki didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Sochi was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht stadium in Sochi on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Vasili Kazartsev with the assistance of Aleksandr Kudryavtsev and Nail Seyfetdinov. The 4th official was Yunus Koshko. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sochi had a superior ball possession 57% while Khimki was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sochi was more pushing with 0 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Sochi to win the match.
Sochi shot 23 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Khimki shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sochi received 1 yellow card (G. Melkadze). Talking about the opposition, Khimki received 6 yellow cards (A. Filin, B. Idowu, A. Rudenko, I. Kamyshev, M. Gbane and Z. Volkov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sochi will have 13 points like Spartak Moskva and CSKA Moskva to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Khimki will have 7 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Sochi will play away with Krasnodar on the 3rd of September with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Sochi (3 draws).
Khimki will play away agasint Orenburg on the 3rd of September with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Orenburg (0 draws).
Sochi – Formation
Sochi
88'
15', 45'
67'
Sochi started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Vadim Garanin decided to play with the following team: Denis Adamov , Igor Yurganov , Vanja Drkušić , Artem Meshchaninov , Timofey Margasov , Christian Noboa , Sergey Terekhov , Artem Makarchuk , Joãozinho , Artur Yusupov and Georgi Melkadze .
The home team had on the bench: Soslan Dzhanaev, Nikolay Zabolotnyi, Vladislav Sarveli , Amir Batyrev, Ivan Miladinović, Kirill Kravtsov, Timofey Shipunov , Maksim Barsov, Daniil Martovoy, Kirill Ushatov and Nikita Burmistrov .
Substitutions
Sochi made 5 changes: Joaozinho for V. Sarveli (46′), T. Margasov for N. Burmistrov (46′), G. Melkadze for T. Shipunov (80′), S. Terekhov for K. Kravtsov (88′) and A. Yusupov for D. Martovoy (89′).
Best player: Vladislav Sarveli
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochi was Vladislav Sarveli.
His rating is with 1 goal, 14 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Khimki – Formation
Khimki
Khimki started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Nikolai Nikolayevich Pisarev played with: Ilya Lantratov , Bryan Idowu , Dmitri Tikhiy , Zakhar Volkov , Oleksandr Filin , Mory Gbane , Ilya Kamyshev , Denis Glushakov , Ayaz Guliev , Aleksandr Rudenko and Ilya Sagygov .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Aleksandr Lomovitskiy , Vitaliy Gudiev, Artem Yuran, Daniil Kamlashev, Anton Mitryushkin, Aleksandr Dolgov , Nemanja Glavčić, Artur Cherny , Egor Danilkin, Butta Magomedov , Aleksander Zuev and Reziuan Mirzov .
Substitutions
Khimki made 5 changes: A. Filin for A. Chernyy (46′), I. Sadygov for R. Mirzov (46′), A. Guliev for A. Lomovitskiy (52′), A. Rudenko for A. Dolgov (77′) and M. Gbane for B. Magomedov (81′).
Best player: Ilya Lantratov
The player that probably impressed the most for Khimki was the goalkeeper: Ilya Lantratov. His rating is 7.40. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
