On Sunday, Dynamo drew with Sochi in the fourth round of the RPL (1:1). As usual, we have prepared for you the most interesting statistics based on the data provided by the video platform RuStat.
Interesting facts
Denis Makarov participated in 11 Dynamo shots against Sochi – he shot six times himself and gave five passes to the shot. This is his most productive RPL match in his career in this regard.
In total, Dynamo made 28 shots on the goal of Sochi – a club record for the last three seasons in the RPL.
Denis also scored his 20th goal for Dynamo. It took him 4 years and 114 matches.
And Makarov also became the author of Dynamo's 1,400th goal in the Russian championships.
Daniil Fomin overcame the mark of 15,000 minutes played for Dynamo. It took him exactly 5 years to do this – his debut took place on August 10, 2020 in a game with Ural.
Team statistics
In this match, Dynamo had an overwhelming advantage, had much more possession of the ball, and outperformed the opponent in almost all key indicators. Dynamo became the best in the 4th round in terms of duels won (95) and shots on target (8).
Key indicators: Sochi – Dynamo
Scoring chances: 1 – 9
Expected goals (xG): 0.14 – 1.99
Shots (on target): 4 (1) – 28 (8)
Ball possession: 38% – 62%
Duels: 48% – 52%
Corners: 1 – 11
Dribbles: 18 – 30
Tackles: 20 – 11
Interceptions: 76 – 56
Rebounds: 59 – 70
Individual statistics
Nicolas Marichal showed the highest percentage of successful technical and tactical actions (89%, or 83 out of 93). He also had 6 entries in the final third, 86% accuracy of passes (57 out of 66), 12 accurate progressive passes and 100% successful duels in defense (5 out of 5).
For the second match in a row against Sochi, Makarov is among the top three players of the match. If in the cup meeting he became the third in the RuStat index (229), then this time he was the first, and by a large margin (242). Denis also has 11 successful technical and tactical actions in the opponent's penalty area (the most in the round), 2 created scoring chances and 3 key assists.
Juan Caceres is the leader in rebounds in the match (12).
Bitello made 8 entries into the final third, 8 accurate passes to the penalty area, 4 successful dribbles and earned 5 fouls.
Rubens had a 100% score on successful tackles (3 out of 3).
Ivan Sergeev has the highest xG in the match – 0.44, Makarov - xA ("Expected assists") – 1.
