FK Orenburg vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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FK Orenburg vs FK Nizhny Novgorod — RFPL at Saturn.
- FK Orenburg 28 games · 26 pts (2025/26)
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 28 games · 22 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Anton Frolov
- Assistant 1 Dmitriy Safyan (Russia)
- Assistant 2 Denis Bereznov
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FK Krasnodar 28 63 2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 28 62 3 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 28 50 4 FK Spartak Moskva 28 48 5 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 28 46 6 PFC CSKA Moskva 28 45 7 FK Rubin Kazan 28 42 8 FK Dinamo Moskva 28 39 9 RFK Akhmat Grozny 28 35 10 FK Rostov 28 30 11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 28 29 12 FK Akron Tolyatti 28 27 13 FK Orenburg 28 26 14 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 28 24 15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 28 22 16 PFK Sochi 28 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Apr FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–1 W 18 Apr FK Lokomotiv Moskva H 0–1 L 11 Apr FK Rubin Kazan A 0–0 D 04 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva A 3–3 D 22 Mar FK Spartak Moskva H 0–2 L 13 Mar FK Dinamo Makhachkala A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Apr FK Orenburg A 1–2 L 18 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva H 1–1 D 11 Apr FK Baltika Kaliningrad A 2–2 D 05 Apr FK Rostov H 0–1 L 21 Mar FK Krasnodar A 0–5 L 15 Mar PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara H 3–0 W Season Stats
FK Orenburg FK Nizhny Novgorod #13 Position #15 26 Points 22 28 Played 28 6 / 8 / 14 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 18 28 Scored 23 41 Conceded 46 -13 GD -23 0.93 PPG 0.79 21% Win % 21% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
FK Orenburg this season18% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this seasonFK Orenburg are 13th (26 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (22 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The game is set. FK Nizhny Novgorod kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' FK Nizhny Novgorod looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Adrian Balboa scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FK Nizhny Novgorod winning 50% of all matches.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jordhy Thompson made 16 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' The travelling FK Nizhny Novgorod supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' That looks like a foul for a card for Bogdan Ovsyannikov.
- 41' Adrian Balboa puts FK Nizhny Novgorod on the lead.
- 46' FK Nizhny Novgorod is showing some good football. However, FK Nizhny Novgorod are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 47' The referee calls foul for Andrey Ivlev. He receives a card.
- 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Orenburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' Matvey Urvantsev is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
- 57' The supporters are chanting for Alexis Cantero. He replaces Emil Tsenov on 57 minute.
- 62' It looks surprising FK Orenburg does not make any changes. Andrey Ivlev has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 67' Another substitution for FK Orenburg to replace Maksim Savelyev by Alexandre Jesus on 67 minute.
- 68' Renat Golybin is replacing Damian Puebla for the FK Orenburg side.
- 69' The referee shows FK Nizhny Novgorod player a card on 69.
- 69' Daniil Lesovoy is replacing Matvey Urvantsev for the FK Nizhny Novgorod side.
- 70' The FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes a substitution. Adrian Balboa departs to be replaced by Juan Castillo.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 79' What an equalizer from Alexandre Jesus!
- 82' Sensational shot from Alexandre Jesus. FK Orenburg is back in the lead.
- 84' Alexis Cantero is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
- 85' The FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes a substitution. Juan Castillo departs to be replaced by Vyacheslav Grulev.
- 89' FK Orenburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ruslan Kul is hanging Du Queiroz on the field on 89 minute.
- 90' Artem Sidorenko is replacing Luka Ticic for the FK Nizhny Novgorod side.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FK Nizhny Novgorod.
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FK Orenburg
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 18
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37
Du Queiroz ↓ Ruslan Kul 89'
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- 6
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8
Damian Puebla ↓ Renat Golybin 68'
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- 9
- 57
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26
Emil Tsenov ↓ Alexis Cantero 57'
Bench- 88
- 3
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19
Alexandre Jesus ↑ 67'
- 22
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33
Irakli Kvekveskiri ↑ 89'
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27
Renat Golybin ↑ 68'
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32
Alexis Cantero ↑ 57'
- 65
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- 29
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78
Ruslan Kul ↑ 89'
FK Nizhny Novgorod
4-3-3Starting XI- 30
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10
Adrian Balboa ↓ Juan Castillo 70'
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- 21
- 70
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77
Andrey Ivlev ↓ Nikita Ermakov 70'
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- 17
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29
Luka Ticic ↓ Artem Sidorenko 90'
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- 14
Bench- 27
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88
Daniil Lesovoy ↑ 69'
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19
Nikita Ermakov ↑ 70'
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- 78
- 16
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69
Artem Sidorenko ↑ 90'
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23
Juan Castillo ↑ 70'
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Coach Aleksey Shpilevskiy -
Head to Head
FK Orenburg Form
FK Nizhny Novgorod Form
2026-04-22 FK Orenburg 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-04-18 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–1 FK Dinamo Moskva D 2026-04-11 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-04-05 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–1 FK Rostov L 2026-03-21 FK Krasnodar 5–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-03-15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 3–0 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara W