Nizhny Novgorod vs FC Sochi match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premier League · Russia · Regular Season - 20 · Sovcombank Arena, Nizhny Novgorod · Ref Y. Bobrovskiy

Nizhny Novgorod stats & fixtures · FC Sochi stats & fixtures

Nizhny Novgorod beat FC Sochi 2–1 in the Premier League on 7 March 2026. Nizhny Novgorod had 50% of the ball.

Nizhny Novgorod vs FC Sochi match statistics

Nizhny NovgorodFC Sochi

50% Ball possession 50%
18 Total shots 5
5 Shots on target 3
9 Shots off target 1
4 Blocked shots 1
10 Shots inside the box 2
8 Corners 1
11 Fouls 15
4 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 1
383 Passes 384
76% Pass accuracy 76%
2 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

-5' Yellow card E. Fariña Nizhny Novgorod
34' Goal A. Balboa (assist L. Tičić) Nizhny Novgorod
62' Goal L. Tičić (assist E. Smelov) Nizhny Novgorod
74' Yellow card A. Balboa Nizhny Novgorod
80' Penalty scored M. Kramarič FC Sochi
89' Yellow card Z. Fedorov FC Sochi

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nizhny Novgorod

Confirmed 4-3-3 Aleksey Shpilevski

30 N. Medvedev

25 S. Karič 4 I. Kirsch 22 N. Kakkoev 70 M. Shnaptsev

17 E. Smelov 6 A. Sarfo 29 L. Tičić

21 R. Cephas 10 A. Balboa 40 O. Olusegun

Bench V. Lukyanov , N. Kalinskiy , N. Ermakov , M. Maiga , E. Fariña , M. Urvantsev , A. Ivlev , D. Lesovoy , V. Grulev , Juan Camilo Castillo , Y. Koledin , A. Sidorenko

FC Sochi

Confirmed 4-4-2 Robert Moreno

35 A. Degtev

28 R. Magal 3 A. Soldatenkov 33 Marcelo Alves 82 S. Volkov

10 M. Kramarič 20 Dmitri Vasiljev 14 K. Kravtsov 23 Gustavo Furtado

98 V. Ilyin 8 M. Ignatov

Bench Y. Dyupin , D. Silev , F. Kamano , A. Makarchuk , Anton Zinkovskiy , V. Litvinov , A. Kovalenko , R. Bart , R. Ezhov , M. Mukhin , Z. Fedorov , A. Korneev

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.

FC Sochi away

4–0–6 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.2 per game
Conceded: 1.8 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 2.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.2 per game

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

Nizhny Novgorod vs FC Sochi head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
5 Oct 25	FC Sochi v Nizhny Novgorod	2–1
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

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