Akhmat Grozny 1:2 Spartak Moscow: Match Result

Match report

Achmat lost 1:2 to Spartak Moscow at home in the second round of the Premier League regular season on Saturday evening. The visitors took control after an early penalty gave the hosts a brief lead, and they held on despite playing with ten men for the final fifteen minutes. By then the result was already settled, though Spartak still needed to be careful. Cacintura converted a penalty in the fifth minute to open the scoring, and the visitors responded through Wooh thirty-nine minutes in. Maksimenko picked up a booking just before half-time as tensions built. Spartak then took the lead late on when Barco found the net in the ninety-first minute, and the hosts were reduced to ten men when Cacintura was sent off seventy-six minutes earlier. **Statistics tell the story of dominance** The figures confirmed what the eye had already seen. Spartak held 73 per cent possession against 27 per cent for Achmat, and they created three big chances to the hosts' single effort. The visitors completed 508 passes compared to 133, and their expected goals output of 0.83 sat comfortably alongside Barco's late strike. Achmat were second to everything, and their one shot on target from Cacintura's penalty was not enough. **What this means for the table** Spartak move up to fourth place with thirteen points from seven games, while Achmat remain twelfth on seven points. The visitors have won four of their seven matches so far, and they've now extended a run of results that has seen them climb away from the bottom half. Achmat have drawn four times this season, and Saturday's defeat means they've now lost three of their last five. The gap between the sides in the standings is six points, and both teams still have plenty of room to improve. Spartak's ability to control games like this suggests they could push for something higher, while Achmat will need to find consistency if they want to avoid trouble.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 27 – 73

Shots on target 3 – 4

Shots off target 1 – 5

Expected goals 0.88 – 0.83

⚽ 5' E. Cacintura — Penalty ⚽ 39' C. Wooh — Goal 🟨 42' A. Maksimenko — Yellow card ⇄ 61' M. Samorodov — Substitution ⇄ 62' I. Silva — Substitution ⇄ 66' C. Martins — Substitution 🟥 76' E. Cacintura — Red card ⇄ 79' S. Babic — Substitution ⇄ 83' G. Melkadze — Substitution 🟨 86' Yellow card ⚽ 90+1' E. Barco — Goal ⇄ 90+3' R. Zobnin — Substitution 🟨 90+7' O. Ndong — Yellow card

Match events

5' 1:0 Akhmat Grozny Penalty E. Cacintura
39' 1:1 Spartak Moscow Goal C. Wooh assist: Marquinhos
42' 1:1 Spartak Moscow Yellow card A. Maksimenko
61' 1:1 Akhmat Grozny Substitution M. Samorodov off: K. Shchetinin
62' 1:1 Akhmat Grozny Substitution I. Silva off: M. Keliano
66' 1:1 Spartak Moscow Substitution C. Martins off: M. Ugalde
76' 1:1 Akhmat Grozny Red card E. Cacintura
79' 1:1 Spartak Moscow Substitution S. Babic off: D. Prutsev
83' 1:1 Akhmat Grozny Substitution G. Melkadze off: E. Maksuti
86' 1:1 Spartak Moscow Yellow card
90+1' 1:2 Spartak Moscow Goal E. Barco
90+3' 1:2 Spartak Moscow Substitution R. Zobnin off: V. Parada
90+7' 1:2 Akhmat Grozny Yellow card O. Ndong

Statistics

27 Possession, % 73

3 Shots on target 4

1 Shots off target 5

0.88 Expected goals 0.83

1 Big chances 3

1 Corners 5

12 Fouls 15

14 Free kicks 12

2 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 2

1 Red cards 0

15 Goal kicks 2

20 Throw-ins 20

All statistics

14 Aerial duels 14

27 Backward passes 69

0 Blocked shots 2

23 Clearances 9

5 Crosses 16

6 Dribbles 7

0.06 Expected assists 1.05

80 Failed passes 78

2 Goalkeeper saves 2

11 Interceptions 15

1 Key passes 8

63 Long passes 40

23 Passes into the final third 137

102 Passes in the opposition half 364

116 Passes in own half 238

0.75 Shot accuracy 0.36

3 Shots from outside the box 5

1 Shots inside the box 6

9 Aerial duels won 5

1 Successful crosses 2

2 Successful dribbles 4

19 Successful long passes 12

6 Successful tackles 9

133 Successful passes 508

8 Tackles 13

213 Total passes 586

Line-ups

Akhmat Grozny

Starting XI
#	Player	number
88	Giorgi Shelia	88
4	Turpal-Ali Ibishev	4
5	Klisman Cake	5
8	Miroslav Bogosavac	8
95	Arsen Adamov	95
11	Ismael Silva	11
17	Egas Palanga dos Santos Cacintura	17
18	Júlio Romão	18
20	Maksim Samorodov	20
90	Ousmane Ndong	90
77	Georgi Melkadze	77

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Vadim Ulyanov	1
71	Rasul Mitaev	71
81	Maksim Sidorov	81
6	Kalidou Sidibé	6
7	Lechi Sadulaev	7
10	Kirill Shchetinin	10
23	Galymzhan Kenzhebek	23
42	Manuel Kelyano	42
70	Abakar Gadzhiev	70
76	Erald Maksuti	76
97	Alexey Kasadzhikov	97

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Spartak Moscow

Starting XI
#	Player	number
98	Aleksandr Maksimenko	98
3	Christopher Maurice Wooh	3
6	Srđan Babić	6
47	Roman Zobnin	47
97	Daniil Denisov	97
5	Esequiel Omar Barco	5
7	Pablo Solari	7
18	Nail Umyarov	18
35	Christopher Martins	35
68	Ruslan Litvinov	68
10	Marquinhos	10

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Ilya Pomazun	1
56	Alexander Dovbnya	56
4	Alexander Kwabena Baidoo Djiku	4
33	Victor Parada	33
82	Daniil Khlusevich	82
17	Vladislav Saus	17
24	Nikita Massalyga	24
25	Danil Prutsev	25
27	Igor Dmitriev	27
83	Gedson Carvalho Fernandes	83
9	Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce	9
11	Levi García	11

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Krasnodar	7	6	1	0	19
2	CSKA Moscow	7	4	3	0	15
3	Dinamo Moscow	7	4	1	2	13
4	Spartak Moscow	7	4	1	2	13
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	7	4	0	3	12
6	Makhachkala	7	4	0	3	12
7	Baltika	7	3	1	3	10
8	Rubin	7	2	4	1	10
9	Krylya Sovetov	8	2	4	2	10
10	FC Rostov	7	2	2	3	8

Akhmat Grozny — Spartak Moscow, Premier League

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