Nizhny Novgorod vs CSKA Moscow Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod will be hoping for a better result following a 3-0 Premier League defeat last time out to FC Khimki.

In that game, Nizhny Novgorod managed 51% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Khimki had 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Aleksandr Rudenko (62'), Reziuan Mirzov (80') and Aleksandr Dolgov (90') scored for FC Khimki.

Nizhny Novgorod have really struggled up front in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 versus opponents during their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Nizhny Novgorod have also seen the number of goals against them come to 7.

CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow will go into the meeting following on from a 3-0 Premier League win versus Sochi in their last match.

In that match, CSKA Moscow had 39% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. For CSKA Moscow, the scorers were Jesús Medina (36', 92') and Jorge Carrascal (56'). For their opponents, Sochi had 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

A run of resolute displays by the CSKA Moscow defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes combined. During the same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued here, however.

👥 Head to head

The previous league match between the two was Premier League match day 20 on 05/03/2022 when the final score was CSKA Moscow 1-0 Nizhny Novgorod.

That day, CSKA Moscow had 69% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Yusuf Yazıcı (96').

For their opponents, Nizhny Novgorod had 2 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Pavel Kukuyan.

📰 Team News: Nizhny Novgorod

The Nizhny Novgorod manager Mikhail Galaktionov has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this match thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection.

It looks as if Nizhny Novgorod may well opt for a 5-4-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Artur Nigmatullin, Daniil Kornyushin, Nikita Kakkoev, Viktor Aleksandrov, Kirill Gotsuk, I. Yuldoshev, Vyacheslav Krotov, Nikolay Kalinsky, Mamadou Maiga, Dmitri Rybchinskiy and Timur Suleymanov.

📰 Team News: CSKA Moscow

Thanks to a mainly available group, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the CSKA Moscow manager Vladimir Fedotov to be concerned with. Bruno Fuchs (Fitness) misses out for this game.

From our viewpoint, Armeytsy might elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation using Igor Akinfeev, Kirill Nababkin, Igor Diveev, Baktiyor Zaynutdinov, Milan Gajic, Ivan Oblyakov, Maksim Mukhin, Georgi Schennikov, Jorge Carrascal, Jesús Medina and Fedor Chalov.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where Nizhny Novgorod will have to perform well to hit the back of the net against this CSKA Moscow side who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for CSKA Moscow at the end of this game.

Should be interesting.

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Andre Moura, 01:20 27/07/2022