Nizhny Novgorod vs Sochi, 2025-26 Russian Premier League

· Russian Premier League

Nizhny Novgorod

34': Adrián Balboa
62': Luka Ticic

FT
2 - 1

Sochi

80': Martin Kramaric (P)

About

Nizhny Novgorod are hosting Sochi at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the Russian Premier League.

Match Timeline

34': Adrián Balboa (Nizhny Novgorod) Goal at 34'
37': Edgardo Fariña (Nizhny Novgorod) Yellow Card at 37'
45': Matvey Urvantsev (Nizhny Novgorod) Substitution at 45'
45': Maksim Mukhin (Sochi) Substitution at 45'
45': Roman Ezhov (Sochi) Substitution at 45'
62': Luka Ticic (Nizhny Novgorod) Goal at 62'
67': Zakhar Fedorov (Sochi) Substitution at 67'
69': Nikita Ermakov (Nizhny Novgorod) Substitution at 69'
72': Aleksandr Kovalenko (Sochi) Substitution at 72'
74': Adrián Balboa (Nizhny Novgorod) Yellow Card at 74'
78': Anton Zinkovskiy (Sochi) Substitution at 78'
80': Martin Kramaric (Sochi) Penalty - Scored at 80'
86': Andrey Ivlev (Nizhny Novgorod) Substitution at 86'
86': Iurii Koledin (Nizhny Novgorod) Substitution at 86'
89': Zakhar Fedorov (Sochi) Yellow Card at 89'

Statistics

SCH		NIZ
15	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	2
50.1	Possession	49.9
5	SHOTS	18
3	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.3
2	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Russian Premier League

Venue: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Attendance: 4,246

Russian Premier Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Krasnodar	20	+25	43
2	Zenit St Petersburg	20	+22	42
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	20	+17	41
4	CSKA Moscow	20	+9	36

Full Table

Line-Ups

Nizhny Novgorod (4-3-3)

No.	Name
30	Nikita Medvedev (GK)
4	Ilya Kirsch
22	Nikita Kakkoev
25	Sven Karic
70	Maksim Shnaptsev
6	Alex Opoku
17	Egor Smelov
29	Luka Ticic
10	Adrián Balboa
21	Renaldo Cephas
40	Olakunle Olusegun

Nizhny Novgorod Substitutes:

Vadim Lukyanov, Andrey Ivlev, Matvey Urvantsev, Nikita Ermakov, Mamadou Maiga, Nikolay Kalinskiy, Edgardo Fariña, Vyacheslav Grulev, Iurii Koledin, Juan Castillo, Daniil Lesovoy, Artem Sidorenko.

Sochi (4-4-2)

No.	Name
35	Aleksandr Degtev (GK)
3	Aleksandr Soldatenkov
33	Marcelo Alves
28	Ruslan Magal
82	Sergey Volkov
20	Dmitrii Vasilev
14	Kirill Kravtsov
10	Martin Kramaric
23	Gustavo Furtado
98	Vladimir Iljin
8	Mikhail Ignatov

Sochi Substitutes:

Aleksandr Kovalenko, Anton Zinkovskiy, Artem Makarchuk, Zakhar Fedorov, Yuri Dyupin, Daniil Silev, Vyacheslav Litvinov, Artem Korneev, Maksim Mukhin, François Kamano, Ruslan Bart, Roman Ezhov.

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