Nizhny Novgorod vs Lokomotiv match stats & report

2–3 Full time

Premier League · Russia · Regular Season - 3 · Akhmat-Arena, Groznyj · Ref Yan Bobrovskiy, Russia

Nizhny Novgorod stats & fixtures · Lokomotiv stats & fixtures

Nizhny Novgorod lost to Lokomotiv 2–3 in the Premier League on 2 August 2025. Expected goals finished 1.41–1.28. Nizhny Novgorod had 56% of the ball.

Nizhny Novgorod vs Lokomotiv match statistics

Nizhny NovgorodLokomotiv

56% Ball possession 44%
1.41 Expected goals (xG) 1.28
13 Total shots 14
10 Shots on target 6
1 Shots off target 6
2 Blocked shots 2
8 Shots inside the box 9
4 Corners 7
16 Fouls 10
1 Offsides 2
5 Yellow cards 4
413 Passes 333
83% Pass accuracy 80%
3 Goalkeeper saves 9

Goals and cards

1' Yellow card M. Nenakhov Lokomotiv
29' Goal D. Vorobjev (assist Z. Bakaev) Lokomotiv
43' Yellow card E. Fariña Nizhny Novgorod
45+2' Yellow card V. Grulev Nizhny Novgorod
57' Yellow card J. Boselli Nizhny Novgorod
59' Goal Aleksey Batrakov (assist D. Barinov) Lokomotiv
60' Goal V. Grulev Nizhny Novgorod
62' Goal S. Pinyaev (assist A. Karpukas) Lokomotiv
71' Goal T. Vecino Nizhny Novgorod
72' Yellow card D. Vorobjev Lokomotiv
75' Yellow card Cristian Ramírez Lokomotiv
83' Yellow card S. Karič Nizhny Novgorod
86' Yellow card V. Aleksandrov Nizhny Novgorod
90+5' Yellow card S. Pinyaev Lokomotiv

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nizhny Novgorod

Confirmed 4-4-2 Aleksey Shpilevskiy

30 N. Medvedev

23 Juan Camilo Castillo 25 S. Karič 2 V. Aleksandrov 24 E. Fariña

88 D. Lesovoy 8 M. Maiga 29 L. Tičić 40 O. Olusegun

20 J. Boselli 27 V. Grulev

Bench N. Generalov , V. Lukyanov , M. Shnaptsev , N. Kakkoev , Y. Krashevskiy , N. Ermakov , R. Cephas , I. Breslavtsev , A. Ivlev , V. Karapuzov , T. Vecino

Lokomotiv

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Mikhail Galaktionov

1 A. Mitryushkin

45 A. Silyanov 23 C. Montes 85 E. Morozov 24 M. Nenakhov

6 D. Barinov 93 A. Karpukas

19 A. Rudenko 83 Aleksey Batrakov 7 Z. Bakaev

10 D. Vorobjev

Bench D. Veselov , I. Lantratov , G. Nyamsi , Cristian Ramírez , E. Pogostnov , Lucas Fasson , D. Godyaev , N. Saltykov , N. Komlichenko , S. Pinyaev , V. Sarveli , R. Myalkovskiy

Form guide

Nizhny Novgorod at home

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.5 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 5.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Lokomotiv away

3–1–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.7 per game
Shots on target: 4.0 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nizhny Novgorod vs Lokomotiv head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
19 Apr 25	Lokomotiv v Nizhny Novgorod	3–0
22 Sep 24	Nizhny Novgorod v Lokomotiv	1–3
24 Apr 24	Nizhny Novgorod v Lokomotiv	2–3
30 Sep 23	Lokomotiv v Nizhny Novgorod	1–0

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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