FK Nizjni Novgorod prepare to battle it out with Rostov in this Premier League fixture. All you should know about the match can be found here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The first Premier League game here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod resulted in a draw. Last season FK Nizjni Novgorod's home game statistics were 4 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 15 games.
Novgorod lost their last game at Sochi (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Nigmatullin had a busy but productive day in the Sochi match. Despite making twelve saves the loss could not be prevented.
In the match before that, FK Nizjni Novgorod hosted CSKA Moskva and drew the game 2-2.Early season league goal statistics from FK Nizjni Novgorod's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Rostov form and stats
Things could have gone better for Rostov in their Premier League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Rostov has drawn their two previous away games.
Rostov go into this game after a win, the home game against Orenburg that ended 2-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four games in a row for the away side? The answer is Komlichenko and that is quite the feat! Osipenko, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.11. Osipenko won 9 of 11 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Khimki.It's early days yet, but Rostov has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one FK Nizjni Novgorod victory, zero draws and one Rostov win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Komlichenko 4 goals |  T. Suleymanov 2 goals | I. Yoldoshev 1 goals |
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
Rostov missing players
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 22 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 43% | 38% |
| 22.2 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Last season | Rostov | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 51 | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 77% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 10% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 14 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Sochi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Zenit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Rostov | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Khimki | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Fakel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
| 13 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Sochi | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 56 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 53 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Khimki | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 14 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -22 | 29 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | -29 | 23 |
