Akinfeev's record and Yakovlev's debut goal

In recent years, Akhmat has statistically become one of the most convenient opponents for CSKA. CSKA defeated Grozny in the last seven matches of the Russian Premier League (RPL), and certainly with a dry score. It was especially important for Igor Akinfeev to continue this series in the fifth round of the 2021/22 season. Coming to this meeting, the goalkeeper of the army team broke Sergei Ignashevich's record for the number of matches in the elite division, and he did not want to spoil the holiday with conceded balls.

Andrei Talalaev's charges failed to create a second sensation in a row, as it was in the game against Dynamo. Already in the middle of the first half, the guests were in the minority due to two yellow cards from Evgeny Kharin. Such a harsh punishment from Sergei Karasev did not cool the ardor of Akhmat's players. A few minutes later Bernard Berisha grabbed Maxim Mukhin by the shirt and dropped him. In response, the 19-year-old Russian knocked his opponent to the ground with his chest, earning praise from former CSKA player Pontus Wernbloom.

Although CSKA had a numerical advantage, it could not realize it for a very long time.

Only in the final quarter of the match, Vladislav Yakovlev was able to take advantage of the filigree sketch of Fyodor Chalov, who himself took possession of the ball after the powerful blow of Nikola Vlasic.

The 19-year-old striker scored his first goal in the RPL.

Four minutes later, Chidera Ejuke scored, and Giorgi Shelia did not have time to react to his long-range strike.

Already in the third match in a row, the Nigerian becomes the author of a goal or an assist.

Quick removal of Bikfalvi and the goal of Russian hopes

According to the results of Saturday's matches, Dynamo turned out to be the leader of the standings.

The Moscow club scored 12 points and overtook Zenit thanks to an away victory over Ural, which remained in last place after five rounds.

In the second game under the leadership of Igor Shalimov, the Yekaterinburg team did not manage to oppose anything to their rivals.

On the 19th minute, an error in defense led to the fact that the two youngest players, called by Valery Karpin to the national team, opened the scoring.

Arsen Zakharyan went with the ball to the penalty area and gave the pass to Konstantin Tyukavin, who had no difficulty in scoring his second goal of the season.

The hosts only exacerbated the situation when, after half an hour of play, Eric Bikfalvi received two yellow cards in a minute and left the field.

Dynamo seized the advantage and only by a strange coincidence did not realize any of the other 23 shots on goal of Ural.

Shalimov's charges had only two attempts to break through during the entire match, and none of them turned out to be accurate.

Dzyuba's sad holiday and Stukalov's emotions

Dynamo's leadership became possible thanks to Zenit's unsuccessful trip to Bashkortostan. Sergei Semak's charges almost doubled on goal (19:10) and surpassed Ufa almost four times in terms of expected goals xG (1.97 - 0.51), but this was not enough to win. Malcolm's first goal of the season after a long-distance transfer by Yaroslav Rakitskiy turned out to be extremely effective, but the joy of this event was spoiled by the mistake of Vilmar Barrios at the end of the meeting. The hosts' high pressure paid off and allowed Hamid Agalarov to score the fourth goal in five games.

As for Zenit, important events were both Claudinho's debut at the base and Artem Dziuba's return to the starting lineup.

He replaced Serdar Azmun, who, according to the club's mentor, had health problems and therefore did not train.

However, the castling did not work.

The ex-captain of the Russian national team could not make himself a present for his 33rd birthday and did not score in the sixth match in a row at the start of the season.

The forward is close to repeating a record for himself "dry" series, which has ten meetings.

One of the most striking episodes of the match took place after the final whistle.

Filled with emotions, the head coach of “Ufa” Aleksey Stukalov summed up the confrontation with the reigning champion of the country in an emotional manner, ending everything with a heart-rending cry, which caused a violent reaction from his charges.

Smolov's double and Krykhovyak's unsuccessful visit

Lokomotiv took advantage of Zenit's misfire, moving up from fifth to third place in the standings. In this, Marko Nikolic's team was helped by a victory over Krasnodar, which is still trying to find a balance in the game. Viktor Goncharenko's charges suffered the third defeat in the current championship and with six points dropped to ninth place. The bulls started worse only once - in the 2013/14 season they had only five points by this stage of the tournament, but in the end the team was able to finish fifth.

The confrontation became even more fundamental in light of the recent transition of Grzegorz Krychowiak from Lokomotiv to Krasnodar and the presence of the former leader of the black and green Fyodor Smolov in the railroad.

But if the Russian forward scored the first double in the RPL since April 2018 (then he scored against Lokomotiv), having twice converted Rifat Zhemaletdinov's exact passes into goals, the Pole could not adequately help his partners.

Moreover, the midfielder was spiked by the press service of the former club by posting footage of the player in social networks and accompanying them with the signature: "Choose the right colors."

“Krykhovyak entered the selection qualitatively, this is a big plus for us.

But he could have played better against his former team, ”Goncharenko said at a press conference.

But the productive series was extended by John Cordoba, who has already four goals in five matches.

In the RPL, the Colombian so far differs every 83 minutes, and like last season in the Bundesliga, he scored every 220 minutes.

Therefore, it will hardly surprise anyone if in the near future he overlaps his last year's performance - seven goals in 21 meetings.

Semin's first victory with Rostov and two own goals

Little by little, Rostov begins to come to his senses, which has become one of the main disappointments at the start of the RPL season.

After four rounds "Rostov" had one point in the asset, took the penultimate, 15th place in the table and in the status of an underdog approached the away match with the debutant of the championship - "Nizhny Novgorod".

Nevertheless, this did not prevent the guests from winning a strong-willed victory, which was their first under the leadership of Yuri Semin.

Statistically, the opponents did not create even one expected goal for two (0.18 - 0.58), but the goalkeepers had to get the ball out of the net three times.

At the 36th minute, the guests' midfielder Kento Hashimoto scored, and two more own goals were recorded.

The newly minted defender of the Russian national team Maxim Osipenko and Argentinean Lucas Masoero distinguished themselves with a minus sign.

“A very difficult match.

Still, we don't have enough points, it's psychologically difficult for the players.

They want to change the situation, but they don't always succeed.

We made a mistake at the very beginning, but the guys are great, the game did not fall apart.

We took the initiative into our own hands, the ball was under control.

Therefore, we won back.

In general, the game is equal.

There were not many moments in the match, but we used our own, "the press service of Rostov quotes Semin.