On the 2nd of April, in this week 23 match, Rostov hosts FC Nizhny Novgorod at Rostov Arena in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. 12th placed Rostov is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Dinamo Moscow. Dmitri Poloz struck first for Rostov in the 59th minute on a feed from Aleksandr Silyanov, then Fedor Smolov tied it up for Dinamo Moscow in the 90th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Dinamo Moscow. Rostov is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed FC Nizhny Novgorod is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Spartak Moscow. Christopher Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Spartak Moscow in the 71st minute, but Ibrokhimhalil Yoldoshev got the equalizer for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 74th minute earning FC Nizhny Novgorod a comeback draw. FC Nizhny Novgorod looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Sun Aug 22nd, FC Nizhny Novgorod hosted Rostov in their last match together. Rostov took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Maksim Osipenko struck first for FC Nizhny Novgorod on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then in the 36th minute, Bastos sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Kento Hashimoto But luckily in the 89th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Nikolay Komlichenko.
FC Nizhny Novgorod hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Nikolay Kalinsky and Ibrokhimhalil Yoldoshev, and they each have 1 goal. Rostov is glad to have Dmitri Poloz in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.