FC Sochi vs Nizhny Novgorod match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premier League · Russia · Regular Season - 11 · Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi · Ref S. Karasev

FC Sochi stats & fixtures · Nizhny Novgorod stats & fixtures

FC Sochi beat Nizhny Novgorod 2–1 in the Premier League on 5 October 2025. Nizhny Novgorod had 54% of the ball.

FC Sochi vs Nizhny Novgorod match statistics

FC SochiNizhny Novgorod

46% Ball possession 54%
9 Total shots 13
3 Shots on target 6
4 Shots off target 4
2 Blocked shots 3
6 Shots inside the box 7
5 Corners 9
12 Fouls 17
2 Offsides 0
5 Yellow cards 4
335 Passes 387
74% Pass accuracy 79%
5 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

32' Yellow card Y. Attiat Allah FC Sochi
33' Yellow card V. Aleksandrov Nizhny Novgorod
35' Goal V. Ilyin (assist F. Kamano) FC Sochi
45+3' Yellow card E. Smelov Nizhny Novgorod
47' Yellow card Anton Zinkovskiy FC Sochi
48' Goal J. Boselli Nizhny Novgorod
54' Yellow card Juan Camilo Castillo Nizhny Novgorod
55' Goal I. Saavedra FC Sochi
57' Yellow card V. Ilyin FC Sochi
80' Yellow card M. Ignatov FC Sochi
90+4' Yellow card Y. Dyupin FC Sochi
90+7' Yellow card T. Vecino Nizhny Novgorod

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

FC Sochi

Confirmed 4-4-2 Robert Moreno

99 Y. Dyupin

25 Y. Attiat Allah 3 A. Soldatenkov 44 N. Stojić 82 S. Volkov

7 Anton Zinkovskiy 16 M. Mukhin 6 I. Saavedra 29 R. Ezhov

98 V. Ilyin 45 F. Kamano

Bench A. Degtev , I. Lomaev , V. Litvinov , A. Makarchuk , K. Zaika , Marcelo Alves , K. Kravtsov , A. Korneev , A. Kovalenko , A. Osipov , M. Ignatov , Z. Fedorov

Nizhny Novgorod

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 Aleksey Shpilevski

30 N. Medvedev

16 Y. Krashevskiy 25 S. Karič 2 V. Aleksandrov 32 V. Pigas

77 A. Ivlev

80 V. Tsarukyan 17 E. Smelov 40 O. Olusegun 3 Y. Koledin

20 J. Boselli

Bench V. Lukyanov , E. Koshkin , Juan Camilo Castillo , E. Fariña , M. Shnaptsev , M. Maiga , R. Cephas , N. Kalinskiy , D. Lesovoy , T. Vecino , V. Grulev

Form guide

FC Sochi at home

4–3–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.3 per game

27% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nizhny Novgorod away

2–2–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 2.2 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 4.1 per game
Shots on target: 3.6 per game

11% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

FC Sochi vs Nizhny Novgorod head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
31 May 25	Nizhny Novgorod v FC Sochi	1–3
28 May 25	FC Sochi v Nizhny Novgorod	1–2
12 May 24	FC Sochi v Nizhny Novgorod	6–1
29 Oct 23	Nizhny Novgorod v FC Sochi	1–0
1 Jul 22	Nizhny Novgorod v FC Sochi	1–1

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full FC Sochi vs Nizhny Novgorod head-to-head record