FK Nizhny Novgorod vs FK Spartak Moskva, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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FK Nizhny Novgorod vs FK Spartak Moskva — RFPL at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 games · 23 pts (2025/26)
- FK Spartak Moskva 30 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Igor Kaplenkov (Russia)
3 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 7.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 68 2 FK Krasnodar 30 66 3 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 30 53 4 FK Spartak Moskva 30 52 5 PFC CSKA Moskva 30 51 6 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 30 46 7 FK Dinamo Moskva 30 45 8 FK Rubin Kazan 30 43 9 RFK Akhmat Grozny 30 37 10 FK Rostov 30 33 11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 30 32 12 FK Orenburg 30 29 13 FK Akron Tolyatti 30 27 14 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 30 26 15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 23 16 PFK Sochi 30 22 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr FK Spartak Moskva H 1–2 L 22 Apr FK Orenburg A 1–2 L 18 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva H 1–1 D 11 Apr FK Baltika Kaliningrad A 2–2 D 05 Apr FK Rostov H 0–1 L 21 Mar FK Krasnodar A 0–5 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr FK Nizhny Novgorod A 2–1 W 23 Apr FK Krasnodar H 1–2 L 19 Apr RFK Akhmat Grozny H 3–1 W 12 Apr FK Rostov A 1–1 D 05 Apr FK Lokomotiv Moskva H 2–1 W 22 Mar FK Orenburg A 2–0 W Season Stats
FK Nizhny Novgorod FK Spartak Moskva #15 Position #4 23 Points 52 30 Played 30 6 / 5 / 19 W / D / L 15 / 7 / 8 26 Scored 47 50 Conceded 39 -24 GD +8 0.77 PPG 1.73 20% Win % 50% Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history17% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this season23% Clean Sheets
FK Spartak Moskva this seasonFK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (23 pts). FK Spartak Moskva are 4th (52 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FK Nizhny Novgorod0-151/116-301/231-453/146-60–/461-752/176+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededFK Spartak Moskva0-152/116-302/231-453/346-601/–61-753/–76+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FK Nizhny Novgorod is hosting FK Spartak Moskva for another epic battle.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Christopher Martins suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' Ezequiel Barco needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 15' FK Spartak Moskva is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' It looks surprising FK Spartak Moskva does not make any changes. Igor Dmitriev has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Spartak Moskva needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 28' GOAL! Adrian Balboa scores on 28. Assisted by Renaldo Cephas
- 33' FK Spartak Moskva looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ezequiel Barco scoring 1 goals.
- 38' FK Nizhny Novgorod receives a card for a hard tackle on 38.
- 43' FK Nizhny Novgorod is showing some good football. However, FK Nizhny Novgorod are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' What an equalizer from Ezequiel Barco!
- 51' FK Nizhny Novgorod started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 56' It’s high time Aleksey Shpilevskiy made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 61' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Maksim Shnaptsev made 146 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 62' Olakunle Olusegun has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adrian Balboa on 62 minute.
- 65' Time for substitution for FK Spartak Moskva. Christopher Martins is replaced by Igor Dmitriev.
- 70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 72' What a strike from Roman Zobnin! The score is 1-2.
- 77' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Spartak Moskva that had 348 games and scored 407 goals.
- 78' Matvey Urvantsev has so much to prove this time. He replaces Renaldo Cephas on 78 minute.
- 80' Another change for FK Spartak Moskva made on 80 minute. Manfred Ugalde leaves to be changed by Levi Garcia.
- 85' It looks like no one’s ball. FK Spartak Moskva is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 88' The referee shows FK Spartak Moskva player a card on 88.
- 89' FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Vyacheslav Grulev is hanging Egor Smelov on the field on 89 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Daniil Denisov.
- With this win, FK Spartak Moskva is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
FK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 10
- 25
- 2
- 21
- 78
- 70
- 4
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17
Egor Smelov ↓ Vyacheslav Grulev 89'
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29
Luka Ticic ↓ Andrey Ivlev 78'
- 3
Bench
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27
Vyacheslav Grulev ↑ 89'
- 1
- 88
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40
Olakunle Olusegun ↑ 62'
- 19
- 8
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77
Andrey Ivlev ↑ 78'
- 16
- 69
- 32
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14
Matvey Urvantsev ↑ 78'
- 23
Coach Aleksey ShpilevskiyFK Spartak Moskva Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 4
- 35
- 47
- 98
- 5
- 3
- 18
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9
Manfred Ugalde ↓ Levi Garcia 80'
- 68
- 83
Bench
- 1
- 56
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11
Levi Garcia ↑ 80'
- 2
- 14
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97
Daniil Denisov ↑ 80'
- 28
- 17
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27
Igor Dmitriev ↑ 65'
- 24
Coach Juan Carlos Carcedo -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Quincy Promes 3 Shamar Nicholson 2 Mamadou Maiga 2 Ezequiel Barco 2 Theo Bongonda 2 Christopher Martins 2 Ibrokhimhalil Yoldoshev 1 Roman Zobnin 1 Head to Head
FK Nizhny Novgorod Form
2026-04-26 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–2 FK Spartak Moskva L 2026-04-22 FK Orenburg 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-04-18 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–1 FK Dinamo Moskva D 2026-04-11 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-04-05 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–1 FK Rostov L 2026-03-21 FK Krasnodar 5–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod LFK Spartak Moskva Form
2026-04-26 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–2 FK Spartak Moskva W 2026-04-23 FK Spartak Moskva 1–2 FK Krasnodar L 2026-04-19 FK Spartak Moskva 3–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny W 2026-04-12 FK Rostov 1–1 FK Spartak Moskva D 2026-04-05 FK Spartak Moskva 2–1 FK Lokomotiv Moskva W 2026-03-22 FK Orenburg 0–2 FK Spartak Moskva W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.8 FK Nizhny Novgorod xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.89 FK Spartak Moskva xGI would bet for: FK Spartak Moskva to win 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FK Spartak Moskva winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.69Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 50% 50% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
FK Nizhny Novgorod or Draw 42%Draw or FK Spartak Moskva 82%FK Nizhny Novgorod or FK Spartak Moskva 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 1 12.2%0 – 2 11.9%1 – 1 11%1 – 2 Actual0 – 0 8.6%0 – 3 7.3%1 – 3 5.9%1 – 0 4.6%2 – 1 3.9%2 – 2 3.8%0 – 4 3.5%1 – 4 2.9%Asian Handicap — FK Nizhny Novgorod
Handicap FK Nizhny Novgorod covers Push FK Spartak Moskva covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 3% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 10% 86% -0.5 14% — 86% +0.5 38% — 62% +1 38% 24% 37% +1.5 63% — 37% +2 63% 19% 18% +2.5 82% — 18% Clean Sheet
FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet 16% ✓FK Spartak Moskva keeps clean sheet 45% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.