FK Orenburg vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FK Orenburg vs FK Nizhny Novgorod — RFPL at Saturn.
- FK Orenburg 30 games · 29 pts (2025/26)
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 games · 23 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Anton Frolov
- Assistant 1 Dmitriy Safyan (Russia)
- Assistant 2 Denis Bereznov
5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# 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 22 Apr FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–1 W 18 Apr FK Lokomotiv Moskva H 0–1 L 11 Apr FK Rubin Kazan A 0–0 D 04 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva A 3–3 D 22 Mar FK Spartak Moskva H 0–2 L 13 Mar FK Dinamo Makhachkala A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 15 Mar PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara H 3–0 W Season Stats
FK Orenburg FK Nizhny Novgorod #12 Position #15 29 Points 23 30 Played 30 7 / 8 / 15 W / D / L 6 / 5 / 19 29 Scored 26 44 Conceded 50 -15 GD -24 0.97 PPG 0.77 23% Win % 20% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
FK Orenburg this season17% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this seasonFK Orenburg are 12th (29 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FK Orenburg0-15–/116-301/–31-451/446-601/–61-752/476+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededFK Nizhny Novgorod0-151/116-301/231-453/146-60–/461-752/176+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. FK Nizhny Novgorod kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' FK Nizhny Novgorod looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Adrian Balboa scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FK Nizhny Novgorod winning 50% of all matches.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jordhy Thompson made 16 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' The travelling FK Nizhny Novgorod supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' That looks like a foul for a card for Bogdan Ovsyannikov.
- 41' Adrian Balboa puts FK Nizhny Novgorod on the lead.
- 46' 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.
- 47' The referee calls foul for Andrey Ivlev. He receives a card.
- 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Orenburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' Matvey Urvantsev is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
- 57' The supporters are chanting for Alexis Cantero. He replaces Emil Tsenov on 57 minute.
- 62' It looks surprising FK Orenburg does not make any changes. Andrey Ivlev has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 67' Another substitution for FK Orenburg to replace Maksim Savelyev by Alexandre Jesus on 67 minute.
- 68' Renat Golybin is replacing Damian Puebla for the FK Orenburg side.
- 69' The referee shows FK Nizhny Novgorod player a card on 69.
- 69' Daniil Lesovoy is replacing Matvey Urvantsev for the FK Nizhny Novgorod side.
- 70' The FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes a substitution. Adrian Balboa departs to be replaced by Juan Castillo.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 79' What an equalizer from Alexandre Jesus!
- 82' Sensational shot from Alexandre Jesus. FK Orenburg is back in the lead.
- 84' Alexis Cantero is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
- 85' The FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes a substitution. Juan Castillo departs to be replaced by Vyacheslav Grulev.
- 89' FK Orenburg manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ruslan Kul is hanging Du Queiroz on the field on 89 minute.
- 90' Artem Sidorenko is replacing Luka Ticic for the FK Nizhny Novgorod side.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FK Nizhny Novgorod.
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Lineups
FK Orenburg Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 18
- 1
- 4
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37
Du Queiroz ↓ Ruslan Kul 89'
- 16
- 6
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8
Damian Puebla ↓ Renat Golybin 68'
- 7
- 9
- 57
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26
Emil Tsenov ↓ Alexis Cantero 57'
Bench
- 88
- 3
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19
Alexandre Jesus ↑ 67'
- 22
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33
Irakli Kvekveskiri ↑ 89'
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27
Renat Golybin ↑ 68'
- 38
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32
Alexis Cantero ↑ 57'
- 65
- 2
- 29
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78
Ruslan Kul ↑ 89'
FK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 30
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10
Adrian Balboa ↓ Juan Castillo 70'
- 2
- 21
- 70
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77
Andrey Ivlev ↓ Nikita Ermakov 70'
- 4
- 17
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29
Luka Ticic ↓ Artem Sidorenko 90'
- 3
- 14
Bench
- 27
- 1
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88
Daniil Lesovoy ↑ 69'
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19
Nikita Ermakov ↑ 70'
- 8
- 78
- 16
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69
Artem Sidorenko ↑ 90'
- 32
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23
Juan Castillo ↑ 70'
- 51
Coach Aleksey Shpilevskiy -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Timur Ayupov 2 Alexandre Jesus 2 Juan Boselli 2 Arsen Adamov 1 Aleksandr Ektov 1 Ivan Basic 1 Stepan Oganesyan 1 Valeriy Tsarukyan 1 Head to Head
FK Orenburg Form
FK Nizhny Novgorod Form
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 L 2026-03-15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 3–0 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.66 FK Orenburg xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.17 FK Nizhny Novgorod xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FK Orenburg winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.83Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 53% 47% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
FK Orenburg or Draw 75%Draw or FK Nizhny Novgorod 51%FK Orenburg or FK Nizhny Novgorod 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Nizhny Novgorod win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.4%2 – 1 Actual1 – 0 8.9%2 – 0 8%0 – 0 7.8%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 1 6%2 – 2 5.4%3 – 1 5.1%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — FK Orenburg
Handicap FK Orenburg covers Push FK Nizhny Novgorod covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 15% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 22% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FK Orenburg keeps clean sheet 32% ✓FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.