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FC Rostov vs Nizhny Novgorod Live Stream, Predictions
FC Rostov will be hosting visiting opponents Nizhny Novgorod at Rostov Arena in this Premier League meeting on Sunday.
Our FC Rostov v Nizhny Novgorod tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
FC Rostov
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FC Rostov won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-3 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Lokomotiv Moscow.
In that match, FC Rostov had 43% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Rostov was Nikolay Komlichenko (87'). Lokomotiv Moskva got 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. Artyom Dzyuba (33', 57', 64') scored for Lokomotiv Moscow.
FC Rostov have not been the best at stopping their opponents recently, although they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, FC Rostov have seen their goal breached in 6 of them as well as scoring in 6 of those matches. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.
Nizhny Novgorod
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Zenit St Petersburg in Premier League action, Nizhny Novgorod and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that game, Nizhny Novgorod managed 32% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Zenit got 19 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. Malcom (12', 47') and Aleksandr Yerokhin (82') scored for Zenit St Petersburg.
The stats don’t lie, and Nizhny Novgorod have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals in all. At the back, Nizhny Novgorod seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.
👥 Head to head
The last league fixture between these sides was Premier League match day 5 on 14/08/2022 when it finished Nizhny Novgorod 3-4 FC Rostov.
On that day, Nizhny Novgorod managed 46% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Nikolay Kalinsky (20'), Felício Milson (66') and Timur Suleymanov (82').
FC Rostov had 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Dmitriy Poloz (15', 57'), Daniil Utkin (39') and Danil Glebov (67') scored.
The match was refereed by Pavel Shadykhanov.
ℹ️ Team News: FC Rostov
The FC Rostov manager Valery Karpin will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all before this match with a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.
We are thinking that FC Rostov look set to use a 4-3-3 formation in the match, handing starts to Sergey Pesyakov, Alexander Silyanov, Viktor Melekhin, Maksim Osipenko, Andrey Langovich, Kirill Shchetinin, Danil Glebov, Daniil Utkin, Dmitry Poloz, Egor Golenkov and Khoren Bayramyan.
📋 Team News: Nizhny Novgorod
Due to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Nizhny Novgorod manager Artyom Gorlov doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this clash.
It’s our belief that Nizhny Novgorod seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, settling for Nikita Goylo, Viktor Aleksandrov, Kiril Gotsuk, Lucas Masoero, Daniil Kornyushin, Yaroslav Mikhailov, Mamadou Maiga, Dmitri Stotskiy, Timur Suleymanov, Edgar Sevikyan and Dmitri Rybchinskiy.
💭 Prediction
It looks to us that FC Rostov look likely to get the win and a possible clean sheet when they face Nizhny Novgorod, who will not find it easy finding the net themselves.
We can therefore see a 2-0 winning margin for FC Rostov come full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 12:28 08/03/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Rostov
Formed: 1930
Stadium: Rostov Arena (45,000)
Captain: Danil Glebov
Chairman: Artashes Arutyunyants
Manager: Valery Karpin
Competitions: Premier League position 3
🔑 Key Man: Danil Glebov

Customarily used in the Centre Midfield position, Danil Glebov was born in Tomsk, Russia. Having made a first senior appearance for Anzhi Makhachkala in the 2018 - 2019 season, the talented Midfielder has contributed 4 league goals in this Premier League 2022 - 2023 campaign so far in 18 appearances.
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19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 48 | WLWWW |
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19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 40 | WDWDW |
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18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 35 | DWWWL |
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19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 32 | WLWWL |
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19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 32 | WLLLW |
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19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 29 | LWLWL |
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19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | LDLDW |
8 |
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19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 28 | WLWLW |
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19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 28 | DDWWL |
10 |
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19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 25 | DDWDW |
11 |
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19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 20 | WWLLL |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 19 | LLWWL |
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19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 19 | LDLWW |
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19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | -13 | 14 | LDLDL |
15 |
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19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -21 | 13 | LWLDL |
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19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | -24 | 7 | LLLDL |
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Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 36 |
Yellow cards | 2.8 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 59 |
Time first goal conceded | 52 |
Yellow cards | 3.4 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Nikolay Komlichenko | 9 |
Dmitriy Poloz | 8 |
Danil Glebov | 4 |
Maksim Osipenko | 3 |
Daniil Utkin | 3 |
Timur Suleymanov | 8 |
Nikolay Kalinsky | 4 |
Felício Milson | 2 |
Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 2 |
Viktor Aleksandrov | 1 |
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Krylia Sovetov |
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Ural |
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