On Sunday, Dynamo played superbly in the derby and deservedly defeated Spartak (2:1). We have collected for you the most interesting statistics provided by the RuStat platform.
Interesting facts
The White-Blues achieved a comeback victory over Spartak for the first time in Russian history.
Dynamo has won three derbies in a row for the third time in Russian championship history (the previous such streaks occurred in 1996 and 2011). The only other four-game winning streak occurred after Dan Petrescu's arrival in the 2012/13 season, when they beat Lokomotiv 3-2, CSKA 2-0, Spartak 5-1, and Lokomotiv 1-0 again.
Juan Cáceres provided his 10th assist for the White-Blues.
Yaroslav Gladyshev scored his 28th goal for Dynamo, moving into 44th place among the club's all-time scorers, catching up with Rolan Gusev, among others.
Luis Chavez played his 70th match for our team, Ivan Sergeev – his 50th, and Kurban Rasulov – his 20th.
Team statistics
Dynamo made 33 successful tackles – this is the best figure for at least the last four seasons. They also set a season record for the number of successful actions in high pressure (12).
Key indicators: Dynamo – Spartak
Scoring chances: 5 – 3
Expected goals (xG): 2.04 – 0.76
Shots (on target): 14 (6) – 5 (1)
Ball possession: 44% – 56%
Duels: 53% – 47%
Dribbles: 8 – 12
Tackles: 45 – 25
Interceptions: 72 – 62
Rebounds: 50 – 65
Individual statistics
According to the RuStat index, two Dynamo players topped the list – Bitello (227) and Artur (223).
Maxim Osipenko, David Ricardo, and Caceres (89 each) tied for first place in technical and tactical actions.
David had the most passes (60), while Bitello had the most accurate passes (88%), with five accurate passes into the penalty area.
Rubens was the most effective: 88% of his technical and tactical actions were successful, including 11 interceptions, eight tackles, and a masterful 83% of his duels won.
Gladyshev created three scoring chances, Luis Chavez had three dribbles, Danil Glebov had 11 interceptions, and Caceres had nine rebounds.
Konstantin Tyukavin had the most duels (23) and was fouled four times.