Akhmat Grozny beat Arsenal Tula to win 2-1. A goal from I. Konovalov was decisive in the 90min.
The match was played at the Akhmat Arena stadium in Groznyi on Thursday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Aleksey Sukhoy. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.2 degrees Celsius or 73.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Both teams adopted the same 5-4-1 line-up.
Akhmat Grozny – Formation
Andrey Talalaev decided to play with the following team: Vitaliy Gudiev, Rizvan Utsiev, Andrey Semenov, Vitali Lystsov, Zoran Nižić, Marat Bystrov, Vladislav Karapuzov, Daniil Utkin, Artem Timofeev, Bernard Berisha and Mohamed Konate.
The home team had on the bench: Igor Konovalov, Abubakar Kadyrov, Artem Polyarus, Khalid Kadyrov, Aleksandr Putsko, Anton Shvets, Aleksandr Melikhov and Artem Arkhipov.
Akhmat Grozny could not rely on the presence of K. Kadyrov (injured).
Arsenal Tula – Formation
On the other side, Dmytro Talalaev played with: Anton Kochenkov, Igor Smolnikov, Uroš Radaković, Georgi Kostadinov, Ivan Novoseltsev, Danil Stepanov, Sergey Tkachev, Goran Čaušić, Ayaz Guliev, Daniil Khlusevich and Evgeny Lutsenko.
They had on the bench: Kirill Panchenko, Artem Sokol, Egor Shamov, Mikhail Levashov, Axel Bjornström, Artem Sukhanov, Guram Adzhoev, Aleksandr Dovbnya, Alexandru Tudorie, Zuriko Davitashvili, Evgeni Markov and Kings Kangwa.
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 22 Total 8
- 8 On Target 2
- 14 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 135 Attack 82
- 75 Dangerous attack 14
- 95 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Akhmat Grozny was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Arsenal Tula that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Match Timeline
After this match, Akhmat Grozny will have 9 points to move up in the 6th place. On the other side, Arsenal Tula will stay with 4 points to move up in the 15th place.
