FK Rubin Kazan vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FK Rubin Kazan vs FK Nizhny Novgorod — RFPL at Ak Bars Arena.
- FK Rubin Kazan 30 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 games · 23 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# 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 17 May FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–2 D 11 May FK Spartak Moskva A 1–2 L 02 May FK Baltika Kaliningrad A 1–0 W 25 Apr PFC CSKA Moskva H 0–0 D 22 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva A 1–0 W 18 Apr FK Akron Tolyatti H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May FK Rubin Kazan A 2–2 D 11 May PFC CSKA Moskva H 1–2 L 03 May RFK Akhmat Grozny A 0–2 L 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 Season Stats
FK Rubin Kazan FK Nizhny Novgorod #8 Position #15 43 Points 23 30 Played 30 11 / 10 / 9 W / D / L 6 / 5 / 19 29 Scored 26 30 Conceded 50 -1 GD -24 1.43 PPG 0.77 37% Win % 20% Key Stats
43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history47% Clean Sheets
FK Rubin Kazan this season17% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this seasonFK Rubin Kazan are 8th (43 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FK Rubin Kazan0-151/116-303/–31-45–/–46-602/161-75–/376+1/–■ Scored ■ ConcededFK Nizhny Novgorod0-151/116-301/231-453/146-60–/461-752/176+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Kazan Arena that hosts another battle between FK Rubin Kazan and FK Nizhny Novgorod.
- The final score is -.
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Lineups
FK Rubin Kazan Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 10
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22
Veldin Hodza ↓ Aleksandr Zotov 81'
- 23
- 43
- 2
- 70
- 51
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7
Ignacio Saavedra ↓ Oleg Ivanov 81'
- 38
- 98
Bench
- 14
- 25
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21
Aleksandr Zotov ↑ 81'
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19
Oleg Ivanov ↑ 81'
- 8
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99
Dardan Shabanhaxhaj ↑ 81'
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77
Aleksandar Jukic ↑ 68'
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44
Daniil Kuznetsov ↑ 89'
- 27
- 4
- 18
- 59
Coach Franc ArtigaFK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 10
- 25
- 22
- 78
- 40
- 21
- 29
- 24
- 3
- 6
Bench
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27
Vyacheslav Grulev ↑ 56'
- 2
- 8
- 77
- 4
- 17
- 16
- 69
- 14
- 81
- 51
Coach Vadim Garanin -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Aleksandr Zotov 2 Vyacheslav Grulev 2 Valentin Vada 1 Mirlind Daku 1 Nikolai Kalinskii 1 Dmitriy Kabutov 1 Nikita Kakkoev 1 Ze Turbo 1 Head to Head
FK Rubin Kazan Form
2026-05-17 FK Rubin Kazan 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-05-11 FK Spartak Moskva 2–1 FK Rubin Kazan L 2026-05-02 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 0–1 FK Rubin Kazan W 2026-04-25 FK Rubin Kazan 0–0 PFC CSKA Moskva D 2026-04-22 FK Dinamo Moskva 0–1 FK Rubin Kazan W 2026-04-18 FK Rubin Kazan 1–1 FK Akron Tolyatti DFK Nizhny Novgorod Form
2026-05-17 FK Rubin Kazan 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-05-11 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–2 PFC CSKA Moskva L 2026-05-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 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 -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 41.52 FK Rubin Kazan xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.89 FK Nizhny Novgorod xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.41Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
FK Rubin Kazan or Draw 79%Draw or FK Nizhny Novgorod 48%FK Rubin Kazan or FK Nizhny Novgorod 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FK Rubin Kazan win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13%1 – 0 12.6%0 – 0 11.1%2 – 0 10%2 – 1 8.9%0 – 1 6.9%1 – 2 5.2%3 – 0 5%3 – 1 4.6%2 – 2 Actual0 – 2 3.4%3 – 2 2.2%Asian Handicap — FK Rubin Kazan
Handicap FK Rubin Kazan covers Push FK Nizhny Novgorod covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 24% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 14% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
FK Rubin Kazan keeps clean sheet 41% ✓FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.