Sochi — Chelyabinsk, 30 August 2026, 15:00 UTC : score 2:1
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Match events
full timeline A. Makarchuk 25'
K. Kertanov 35'
R. Gadzhimuradov 38'
Z. Fedorov for P. Meleshin 46'
M. Urvantsev for L. Kacorri 46'
D. Kamenshchikov for K. Kochiev 61'
M. Kuzmin for R. Sheydayev 67'
K. Zaika for O. Kozhemyakin 67'
D. Samoilov 73'
B. N'Diaye for I. Safronov 73'
R. Gadzhimuradov penalty 0-1 75'
I. Kalinin 75'
B. Rogochiy for R. Gadzhimuradov 77'
A. Osipov 82'
B. N'Diaye 87'
Z. Fedorov penalty 1-1 89'
R. Pasevich for M. Ignatov 89'
Z. Fedorov 2-1 90+8'
G. Levin 90+1'
Z. Fedorov 90+7'
M. Kaynov for N. Stojic 90+2'
Line-ups
starting eleven and bench
Sochi 3-4-1-2 · Igor Osinkin 4-4-2 · Roman Pilipchuk Chelyabinsk 
35 Aleksandr Degtev
44 Nemanja Stojić 33 Marcelo Alves 3 Aleksandr Soldatenkov
22 Oleg Kozhemyakin 5 Aleksandr Osipov 28 Ruslan Magal 17 Artem Makarchuk
8 Mikhail Ignatov
11 Pavel Meleshin 7 Ramil Sheydaev
74 Luis Kacorri 7 Ilya Safronov
70 Garrik Levin 18 Konstantin Kertanov 10 Ramazan Gadzimuradov 77 Denis Samoilov
44 Igor Rusyaev 15 Khetag Kochiev 19 Ruslan Baytukov 21 Aleksey Berdnikov
93 Ilya Tuseev
Sochi bench
- 66Aleksandr Metsiev
- 85Daniil Silev
- 12Igor Kalinin
- 27Kirill Zaika
- 18Maksim Kaynov
- 6Maksim Kuzmin
- 60Mark Nosatiy
- 39Matvey Lantrat
- 29Roman Ezhov
- 97Roman Pasevich
- 59Ruslan Bart
- 9Zakhar Fedorov
Chelyabinsk bench
- 72Aleksandr Bem
- 17Baba N'Diaye
- 23Bogdan Rogochiy
- 33Denis Pokotylo
- 99Dmitriy Kamenshchikov
- 55Georgiy Borisov
- 1Ivan Lomaev
- 31Mark Pereverzev
- 29Matvey Urvantsev
- 9Nikita Zyryanov
- 24Nikolay Pridava
How the match went
text generated from our dataSochi and Chelyabinsk met on matchday 9 of the Russian First League on 30 August at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Final score — 2:1.
Sochi sit 3th on 19 points after 12 matches (7 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses). Chelyabinsk sit 15th on 7 points after 12 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches.
Season form
all competitions of the season Sochi last five Chelyabinsk DWLWW form DWDLL
12 Matches 12
7 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 3 — 6
21 — 14 Scored — conceded 13 — 19
1.92 Points per game 1
1.75 Goals scored per game 1.08
2 Clean sheets 1
2 Failed to score 3
unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 3
Sochi at home: 6 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 9—5, 1.67 points per match.
Chelyabinsk away: 6 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses, goals 6—9, 0.83 points per match.
League table
after the match| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Spartak Kostroma | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16—10 | 24 |
| 4 | Sochi | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21—14 | 23 |
| 5 |  Veles | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16—14 | 23 |
| … | |||||||
| 13 |  Neftekhimik | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7—15 | 12 |
| 14 | Chelyabinsk | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13—19 | 12 |
| 15 |  Volga Ulyanovsk | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14—18 | 11 |