Nizhny Novgorod 2:1 PFC Sochi: Premier League Match Result

Premier League

Nizhny Novgorod DWWWWW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 7 Mar, 16:00 UTC

PFC Sochi WLLWDW

Venue: Sovcombank Arena City: Nizhny Novgorod

In the Premier League game on 7 March 2026, Nizhny Novgorod beat PFC Sochi 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 8:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 9 – 1

Expected goals 1.27 – 0.91

⚽ 34' A. Balboa — Goal 🟨 37' E. Farina — Yellow card ⇄ 45' O. Olusegun — Substitution ⇄ 46' M. Ignatov — Substitution ⇄ 46' K. Kravtsov — Substitution ⚽ 62' L. Ticic — Goal ⇄ 67' V. Iljin — Substitution ⇄ 69' L. Ticic — Substitution ⇄ 72' D. Vasiljev — Substitution ⇄ 78' G. Furtado — Substitution ⚽ 80' M. Kramaric — Goal ⇄ 86' A. Balboa — Substitution ⇄ 86' M. Shnaptsev — Substitution 🟨 89' Yellow card

Match events

34' 1:0 Nizhny Novgorod Goal A. Balboa assist: L. Ticic
37' 1:0 Nizhny Novgorod Yellow card E. Farina
45' 1:0 Nizhny Novgorod Substitution O. Olusegun off: M. Urvantsev
46' 1:0 PFC Sochi Substitution M. Ignatov off: M. Mukhin
46' 1:0 PFC Sochi Substitution K. Kravtsov off: R. Ezhov
62' 2:0 Nizhny Novgorod Goal L. Ticic assist: E. Smelov
67' 2:0 PFC Sochi Substitution V. Iljin off: Z. Fedorov
69' 2:0 Nizhny Novgorod Substitution L. Ticic off: N. Ermakov
72' 2:0 PFC Sochi Substitution D. Vasiljev off: A. Kovalenko
78' 2:0 PFC Sochi Substitution G. Furtado off: A. Zinkovskiy
80' 2:1 PFC Sochi Goal M. Kramaric
86' 2:1 Nizhny Novgorod Substitution A. Balboa off: A. Ivlev
86' 2:1 Nizhny Novgorod Substitution M. Shnaptsev off: Y. Koledin
89' 2:1 PFC Sochi Yellow card

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

5 Shots on target 3

9 Shots off target 1

1.27 Expected goals 0.91

0 Big chances 1

8 Corners 1

11 Fouls 15

14 Free kicks 11

4 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 7

34 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

19/2966% Aerial duels 10/2934%

73 Backward passes 43

4 Blocked shots 1

11 Clearances 33

5/2025% Crosses 1/1010%

10/2148% Dribbles 3/933%

0.92 Expected assists 0.07

92 Failed passes 93

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

7 Interceptions 10

14 Key passes 3

28/6941% Long passes 19/5634%

63 Passes into the final third 26

239 Passes in the opposition half 181

164 Passes in own half 213

0.28 Shot accuracy 0.60

8 Shots from outside the box 3

10 Shots inside the box 2

8/1267% Tackles 17/2568%

383 Total passes 384

Line-ups

Nizhny Novgorod

Starting XI
#	Player	number
30	Nikita Medvedev	30
4	Ilya Kirsch	4
22	Nikita Kakkoev	22
25	Sven Šoštarič Karič	25
70	Maksim Shnaptsev	70
6	Alex Opusu Sarfo	6
17	E. Smelov	17
29	Luka Vešner Tičić	29
10	Adrián Martín Balboa Camacho	10
21	Renaldo Showayne Cephas	21
40	Olakunle Olusegun	40

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Vadim Lukyanov	1
3	Yuriy Koledin	3
23	Juan Castillo	23
24	Edgardo Isaac Fariña Wynter	24
8	Mamadou Maiga	8
19	Nikita Ermakov	19
69	Artem Sidorenko	69
77	Andrey Ivleva	77
78	Nikolay Kalinskiy	78
14	M. Urvantsev	14
27	Vyacheslav Grulev	27
88	Daniil Lesovoy	88

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PFC Sochi

Starting XI
#	Player	number
35	Aleksandr Degtev	35
3	Aleksandr Soldatenkov	3
28	Ruslan Magal	28
33	Marcelo Alves Santos	33
82	Sergey Volkov	82
10	Martin Kramarič	10
14	Kirill Kravtsov	14
20	Dmitri Vasiljev	20
23	Gustavo Martins Furtado dos Santos	23
8	Mikhail Ignatov	8
98	Vladimir Iljin	98

Substitutes
#	Player	number
85	Daniil Silev	85
99	Yuri Dyupin	99
4	Vyacheslav Litvinov	4
17	Artem Makarchuk	17
7	Anton Zinkovskiy	7
16	Maksim Mukhin	16
18	A. Korneev	18
19	Aleksandr Kovalenko	19
29	Roman Ezhov	29
9	Z. Fedorov	9
45	François Kamano	45
59	Ruslan Bart	59