Unexpected misfire CSKA

The Russian Football Championship can be safely called one of the most unpredictable in Europe.

And it's not about the struggle for first place, in which Zenit has been unrivaled for four seasons.

In the RPL, any grandee in a single match is able to give points to an inferior opponent in the class.

This applies even to the Petersburgers, who have already managed to part ways with Khimki and Akhmat.

This trend is also confirmed by CSKA.

In the third round, the army team unexpectedly missed the victory over Pari Nizhny Novgorod, leading 2:0 to the break, and in the tenth, they sensationally lost on the road to Torpedo (0:1), who had previously scored only one point and settled on the last line in the table.

This victory was doubly important because it was won at Luzhniki, where, after the renovation was completed, no national championship matches had yet been held.

We can say that fortune turned away from the red-blues in this game.

Having missed during the first half from the standard, they pressed the opponent to the gate, but could not hit them.

Often, in lethal situations, the ball went past, and Fedor Chalov, who hit the post, missed the most dangerous moment.

Amazing statistics: the guests struck 23 shots, but only one of them hit the target.

Moreover, the black-and-whites beat CSKA for the first time since 2003, when they also took the upper hand in Luzhniki - 3:2.

Moreover, in that match 19 years ago, two football players took part, who still defend the colors of the teams - Igor Lebedenko and Igor Akinfeev.

On top of all the troubles at the end of the game, a tibia fracture out of the blue was received by the defender of the army team, Igor Diveev, who left the field only with the help of doctors, limping heavily.

The best start in the history of Rostov

As soon as the red-blue made an optional misfire, they were replaced from the second place in the table by the main troublemaker of the current season - Rostov.

Unlike other competitors, the southerners, along with Zenit, still do not know defeat in the national championship.

In addition, they had the best start in the club's history with 22 points in their first ten rounds.

However, the home victory over Krylya Sovetov was not easy for them, although Khoren Bayramyan scored the fastest goal of the last two draws of the tournament already at the 45th second.

Samarans quickly bounced back, and one of the brightest young talents in Russia, Sergey Pinyaev, scored a goal at his own expense.

The 17-year-old midfielder was out of action in the summer due to pneumothorax.

It was reported that he risks missing up to six months.

However, the graduate of Chertanov returned to action in less than two months and scored for the third time in his career in the Premier League.

The standard position once again helped the wards of Valery Karpin tip the scales to their side.

They qualified for their eighth penalty of the season and are top of the league in this regard.

Ivan Lomaev was close to fending off Dmitry Poloz's shot from the spot, but the ball still flew into the net.

And the forward caught up with Nikolai Komlichenko in the team scorer race.

Now both have six goals.

Pragmatic performance of "Orenburg"

Orenburg, unlike other teams from the bottom half of the standings, is not famous for the ability to take points from the giants.

On the contrary, the wards of Marcel Lichka play extremely unsuccessfully with them.

In confrontations with Zenit, Spartak, Lokomotiv, Rostov and Krasnodar, they suffered five defeats with a total score of 3:21, and conceded eight unanswered goals from the reigning champions.

But the Orenburgers take their toll in matches with equals in class.

So, after the failure in the Northern capital, they managed to pull themselves together and take away the most important victory from Nizhny Novgorod, obtained thanks to the goals of Timur Ayupov and Alexander Ektov, as well as two assists from newcomer Lucas Vera.

The team that had previously returned to the elite at home prevailed over Ural (3:0), Torpedo (1:0) and Khimki (3:1).

Successful performance in games with direct competitors allowed her to complete the first third of the national championship in a high - ninth - position.

Coaching luck "Torch"

But "Torch" can be safely called a thunderstorm of authorities.

It is no coincidence that newcomers to the Premier League immediately began to be called "insolent from Voronezh."

They managed to take points from Krasnodar, Dynamo, Lokomotiv, and now from last season's silver medalist Sochi.

However, the team did not know any victories until the ninth round and was located not far from the relegation zone.

Tough personnel decisions helped to correct the situation before the break for the meetings of the national teams.

The place of Oleg Vasilenko was taken by his assistant Dmitry Pyatibratov.

He took the wards to the game with the railway workers as acting, and before the meeting in Sochi he was approved in the position.

Already in the fifth minute after the set piece, young defender Yevgeny Morozov scored in the second match in a row.

The hosts were saved by Christian Noboa, who was experiencing another youth.

In the summer, it seemed that the Ecuadorian would leave the team, and in the first rounds he did not even get into the base.

However, gradually the striker found a common language with the new headquarters and began to benefit.

In the current league season, he has already scored eight goals, even if five of them were scored from the 11-meter mark.

More than a season in the national championship, the Latin American hit the opponents' gates only in the RPL-2020/21, when he scored 12 times.

However, now Noboa still has two-thirds of the tournament ahead of him to break his personal record.

The unstoppable leader of Krasnodar

After ten rounds of the RPL, a tripartite rule was established at the top of the scorer race.

The 37-year-old Noboa is accompanied by Quincy Promes and Eduard Spertsyan.

And if the performance of the Dutchman is not surprising, then the Armenian is having an amazing season.

He looked really bright last year and led his partners, and this season the midfielder has even improved his performance.

He already has 11 (8 + 3) points on the “goal + pass” system in the championship.

The midfielder also became the protagonist of the match against Khimki.

He opened the scoring with a perfect shot under the far post, and then performed an excellent serve from the corner, after which Nikita Krivtsov beautifully cut the ball under the crossbar with his head.

It is important that Spertsyan not only realizes the chances himself, but also helps his partners.

In the RPL, he has already assisted them three times, and in terms of the average number of passes under attack (2.7), he shares second place in the tournament with Noboa and is second only to Promes (4.2).

Eduard is also distinguished by his technique - by the number of successful strokes (1.8), he is in the top 7.