Sep 18th features a match where FC Nizhny Novgorod hosts Orenburg at Stade Municipal 1 in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. FC Nizhny Novgorod is fresh off their 3-1 win against Akhmat Grozny. Timur Suleimanov scored the first goal for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 22nd minute, but Yury Zhuravlev got the equalizer for Akhmat Grozny in the 59th minute. FC Nizhny Novgorod is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while orenburg sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-8 blowout loss against Zenit. Wendel struck first for Zenit in the 3rd minute, then Ivan Sergeev added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Daler Kuzyaev At the end of 90 a dissapointed Orenburg couldn’t manage to score, and Zenit took the shutout win. Orenburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Both Jimmy Marin and Sychevoy have been the hottest scorers for Orenburg in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. FC Nizhny Novgorod is glad to have Nikolay Kalinsky in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.