Fakel surprises Volgar Astrakhan with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

ASTRAKHAN'. Fakel had a surprising win over Volgar Astrakhan with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Razborov (76') and a goal from A. Shavaev (74').

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October 18, 2021

ASTRAKHAN’. Fakel had a surprising win over Volgar Astrakhan with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Razborov (76′) and a goal from A. Shavaev (74′). Fakel was vastly superior ball possession (61%) was among the key factors of its victory.

Also, Volgar Astrakhan had 2 players sent off: A. Simonyan (38′ for a double yellow card) and R. Loktionov (82′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the Central’nyj Stadion Astrakhan’gazprom stadium in Astrakhan’ on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Igor Panin who was helped by Artem Perov and Andrey Pelykh. The 4th official was Aleksey Kuznetsov. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.

Match Statistics

Ball possession

Fakel was in firm control of the ball 61% while Volgar Astrakhan was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fakel was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fakel won the contest.

Volgar Astrakhan shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Fakel shot 16 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Volgar Astrakhan received 2 yellow cards (A. Simonyan and R. Loktionov). On the opposite side, Fakel received 6 yellow cards (A. Nikitin, K. Suslov, M. Maksimov, V. Masternoi, A. Mendel and D. Shepilov).

Volgar Astrakhan had 2 players sent off: A. Simonyan (38′ for double yellow card) and R. Loktionov (82′ for double yellow card).

Match Timeline

Kirill Suslov- Yellow

12'

18'

37'

Andrey Mendel- Yellow

38'

44'

Vladislav Masternoy- Yellow

Aleksei Pavlishin- sub ->V. Demianov

46'

Vasiliy Cherov- sub ->V. Masternoi

47'

Maksim Maksimov- Yellow

59'

64'

65'

73'

74'

76'

77'

79'

Denis Shepilov- sub ->O. Dmitriev

79'

Mikhail Smirnov- sub ->K. Suslov

82'

86'

Denis Shepilov- Yellow

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Volgar Astrakhan will stay with 12 points to move up in the 21st place. On the opposite side, Fakel will have 33 points like Neftekhimik to stay in the 4th place.

Next matches

Volgar Astrakhan – Formation

Volgar Astrakhan

Oleg Smirnov 99.Russia

Roman Loktionov 4.Russia

82'

Danila Vedernikov 22.Russia

Ilya Rashchenya 5.Belarus

86'

Nikita Pechenkin 6.Russia

Danila Kozlov 69.Russia

Artem Simonyan 23.Armenia

38'

Viktor Demyanov 56.Russia

46'

Artur Gilyazetdinov 44.Russia

77'

Aleksey Baev 21.Russia

64'

Ilya Stefanovich 9.Russia

65'

Substitutes

Vladislav Yampolskiy 1.Russia

Diego Malaniya 20.Russia

Aleksei Pavlishin 7.Russia

46'

Nikita Kaplenko 55.Belarus

86'

Artur Karpov 29.Russia

Artem Pogosov 10.Russia

64'

Artem Yusupov 79.Russia

65'

Aleksandr Butenko 13.Russia

77'

Dmitri Lesnikov 17.Russia

The manager Andranik Babayan decided to play with the following team: O. Smirnov, R. Loktionov, N. Pechenkin, D. Kozlov, D. Vedernikov, A. Simonyan, I. Rashchenya, V. Demjanov, A. Gilyazetdinov, A. Baev and I. Stefanovich.

The home team had on the bench: A. Pavlishin, A. Pogosov, A. Yusupov, A. Butenko, N. Kaplenko, V. Yampolskiy, D. Lesnikov, D. Malaniya and A. Karpov.

Substitutions

Volgar Astrakhan made 5 changes: V. Demianov for A. Pavlishin (46′), A. Baev for A. Pogosov (64′), I. Stefanovich for A. Yusupov (65′), A. Gilyazetdinov for A. Butenko (77′) and I. Rashchenya for N. Kaplenko (86′).

Fakel – Formation

Fakel

Ilya Svinov 57.Russia

N. Pejčinović 10.Serbia

Aslan Dashaev 4.Russia

Kirill Suslov 15.Russia

79'

Ruslan Magal 28.Russia

Vladislav Masternoy 88.Russia

46'

44'

Andrey Mendel 18.Russia

73'

37'

Oleg Dmitriev 34.Russia

79'

Andrey Nikitin 11.Russia

59'

12'

David Loriya 22.Russia

76'

Maksim Maksimov 9.Russia

47'

Substitutes

A. Sautin 1.Russia

Vasiliy Cherov 2.Russia

46'

Mikhail Smirnov 25.Russia

79'

Artem Kulishev 32.Russia

59'

Alikhan Shavaev 8.Russia

73'

74'

Denis Shepilov 6.Russia

79'

86'

Maksim Sedov 56.Russia

On the other side, Oleg Vasilenko played with: I. Svinov, N. Pejčinović, A. Dashaev, K. Suslov, V. Masternoy, A. Mendel, R. Magal, O. Dmitriev, A. Nikitin, A. Razborov and M. Maksimov.

These were the players on the bench: V. Cherov, A. Kulishev, A. Shavaev, D. Shepilov, M. Smirnov, A. Sautin and M. Sedov.

Substitutions

Fakel made 5 changes: V. Masternoi for V. Cherov (46′), A. Nikitin for A. Kulishev (59′), A. Mendel for A. Shavaev (73′), O. Dmitriev for D. Shepilov (79′) and K. Suslov for M. Smirnov (79′).