On Thursday, Dynamo defeated Spartak (5:2) in the first match of the semi-finals of the Russian Cup. By tradition, we have collected for you the most interesting statistics provided by the RuStat platform.
Interesting facts
Two players made their debut in the match with Spartak and both were noted for effective actions: David Ricardo scored after a corner, and Timofey Marinkin gave an assist to Nicolas Ngamaleu.
In three matches under the leadership of Rolan Gusev, Dynamo beat Spartak twice and drew once with a total score of 8:3.
Dynamo scored five goals against Spartak for the second time in Russian history. For the first time it happened in November 2012, when in Luzhniki the team of Unai Emery, who was then assisted by the current head coach of the red and whites Juan Carcedo, suffered a crushing home defeat with a score of 1:5.
Ngamaleu scored for the 20th time for our club.
Konstantin Tyukavin scored the 54th goal for Dynamo and entered the top 20 of the best scorers in the club's history, catching up with Valery Maslov. He also came in third place in history in goals (11) in Cup draws – only the great Sergey Solovyov (17) and Konstantin Beskov (21) are ahead.
Bitello played his 90th match for Dynamo and gave two assists in it, bringing their number to 20.
Team statistics
For the second game in a row, the blue and whites have demonstrated incredible effectiveness in attack. This time they realized almost all the scoring chances and scored with the best accuracy of the season (71%).
Key indicators: Dynamo – Spartak
Scoring chances: 6 – 7
Expected goals (xG): 2.61 – 1.57
Shots (on target): 14 (10) – 13 (6)
Ball possession: 44% – 56%
Duels: 43% – 57%
Dribbles: 11 – 19
Tackles: 21 – 24
Interceptions: 64 – 53
Rebounds: 69 – 59
Individual statistics
The Ngamaleu was recognized as the best player of the match, and the figures confirm this – he has the best RUSTAT index (236). The Cameroonian made 3 shots on target, two of which became goals, completed 4 dribbles, 7 rebounds, 60% of successful technical and tactical actions and showed 68% accuracy of passes.
David Ricardo made the most successful TTAs (76), and in terms of their percentage of success (84%) of the starting players, he was second only to Maxim Osipenko (85%). Also, the Brazilian gave the most accurate passes (48).
Osipenko won all 10 single duels, only Rubens had more (12 out of 23), who also excelled in the number of tackles (5).
Bitello created 4 scoring chances, earned 3 fouls and gave 6 accurate passes to the penalty area.
Juan Caceres recorded 6 accurate assists in the final third, 11 interceptions and 10 rebounds.
In the debut game, Marinkin made 11 out of 13 successful TTAs, passed with an accuracy of 89% and made 3 rebounds.
