RFK Akhmat Grozny vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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RFK Akhmat Grozny vs FK Nizhny Novgorod — RFPL at Akhmat Arena.
- RFK Akhmat Grozny 28 games · 35 pts (2025/26)
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 28 games · 22 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sergey Cheban (Russia)
- Assistant 1 Maksim Gavrilin
- Assistant 2 Denis Petrov (Russia)
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 03 May FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–0 W 26 Apr FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg A 0–2 L 23 Apr FK Baltika Kaliningrad H 1–1 D 19 Apr FK Spartak Moskva A 1–3 L 11 Apr PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara A 2–2 D 04 Apr FK Krasnodar H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May RFK Akhmat Grozny A 0–2 L 26 Apr FK Spartak Moskva H 1–2 L 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 Season Stats
RFK Akhmat Grozny FK Nizhny Novgorod #9 Position #15 35 Points 22 28 Played 28 9 / 8 / 11 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 18 33 Scored 23 37 Conceded 46 -4 GD -23 1.25 PPG 0.79 32% Win % 21% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
RFK Akhmat Grozny this season18% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this seasonRFK Akhmat Grozny are 9th (35 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (22 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FK Nizhny Novgorod gets underway.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lechi Sadulaev suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' RFK Akhmat Grozny seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' 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.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Nizhny Novgorod that had 147 games and scored 132 goals.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Maksim Sidorov, as he is very good at scoring at Akhmat Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 34' It’s gonna be a card for Georgi Melkadze.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ilya Kirsh made 362 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 44' RFK Akhmat Grozny receives a card for a hard tackle on 44.
- 49' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. RFK Akhmat Grozny needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' RFK Akhmat Grozny is taking the lead after the goal scored by Lechi Sadulaev on 55.
- 60' Goal! Egas Cacintura scores his 6 goal in 125 matches.
- 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
- 70' Ousmane N'Dong needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 75' RFK Akhmat Grozny looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Lechi Sadulaev scoring 1 goals.
- 78' That looks like a foul for a card for Ismael.
- 83' Adrian Balboa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 16 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 88' It’s high time Stanislav Cherchesov made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for RFK Akhmat Grozny players.
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RFK Akhmat Grozny
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 88
- 8
- 7
- 77
- 17
- 81
- 11
- 20
- 19
- 5
- 90
Bench- 82
- 40
- 13
- 9
- 42
- 80
- 72
- 2
- 22
- 27
- 37
- 23
Coach Stanislav CherchesovFK Nizhny Novgorod
3-4-3Starting XI- 30
- 10
- 25
- 22
- 88
- 21
- 78
- 70
- 4
- 29
- 3
Bench- 27
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 77
- 17
- 16
- 69
- 14
- 51
Coach Aleksey Shpilevskiy -
Head to Head
RFK Akhmat Grozny Form
2026-05-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod W 2026-04-26 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–0 RFK Akhmat Grozny L 2026-04-23 RFK Akhmat Grozny 1–1 FK Baltika Kaliningrad D 2026-04-19 FK Spartak Moskva 3–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny L 2026-04-11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 2–2 RFK Akhmat Grozny D 2026-04-04 RFK Akhmat Grozny 0–1 FK Krasnodar LFK Nizhny Novgorod Form
2026-05-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-04-26 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–2 FK Spartak Moskva L 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