League Play-Off

Astrakhan
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Arkadiy Babitskiy started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Astrakhan's Vladislav Mamigonov in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sochi FC's goalie prevented a goal. Vladislav Mamigonov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Timofey Shuhov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Vladislav Pavlovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Katanskiy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Vladislav Mamigonov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 24 minutes into the match, Astrakhan's goal looked a bit too open when Timofey Shuhov came free, but Vladislav Pavlovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Vladislav Mamigonov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Prokl Kapliy was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Ernest Tischenko hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Arkadiy Babitskiy hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Prokl Kapliy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Konovalov, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. If Arkadiy Babitskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

In the 54th match minute, Astrakhan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gennadiy Pihterev to maneuver through the defense. If Artur Katanskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Timofey Shuhov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ilya Kalashnikov kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Prokl Kapliy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladislav Mamigonov in the 67th minute of play. Prokl Kapliy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladislav Mamigonov, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 78 minutes into the match, Astrakhan's goal looked a bit too open when Arkadiy Babitskiy came free, but Vladislav Pavlovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ilya Kalashnikov during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ilya Kalashnikov hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Astrakhan's Vladislav Mamigonov got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Arkadiy Babitskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladislav Pavlovich having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Sochi FC's Vladislav Pavlovich threw himself towards the right post 96 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Arkadiy Babitskiy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The Sochi FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Astrakhan from taking control. The game ends in a draw.