10.08.2021

Matchday 3 highlights: Popov's long wait ends, Azmoun gets closer to foreigners’ record, Lokomotiv comeback kings

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We have rounded up the best stats and figures from Matchday 3 of the 2021/22 Russian Premier Liga season. 

One - Akhmat almost managed to hang onto a point despite going down to 10 men away to Rubin at the weekend, having taken the lead in the first half through Daniil Utkin. His strike was his first ever direct kick scored in the RPL, and was also Akhmat’s first since 2018 when Rodolfo scored vs Anzhi Makhachkala.

Two - Yury Semin returned to the RPL this weekend at the helm of Rostov, and saw his new charges take the lead through Nikolay Komlichenko. The on-loan Dynamo Moscow forward has scored twice in his last two RPL games, the same as in his last 14, and first time ever in consecutive RPL games. 

Four - As impressive as Chidera Ejuke's opener in the Moscow derby was, it turned out to be a false dawn. Daniil Fomin struck back twice to consign CSKA to their last fourth consecutive away defeat in the RPL. This is the first time they have endured such a streak since 2000, and for the first time ever, they have now lost their last five matches against fellow Moscow teams. 

Five - After scoring again in Zenit’s predictably entertaining clash against Krasnodar, Aleksandr Erokhin has now been directly involved in five goals (four goals, one assist) in his last three RPL matches, as many as in his previous 16. It also extended the extraordinary run of both him and Sardar Azmoun scoring in every Zenit match this season, including the Russian Super Cup. 

Seven - Lokomotiv have not done things the easy way this season. This weekend a wonderful strike from Vitaly Lisakovich saved them from defeat after they'd gone behind and down to 10 men with Dmitry Barinov's dismissal and Oleg Ivanov's subsequent penalty on the stroke of half time. It meant they have now fallen behind in all three RPL matches so far this season, earning seven points from losing positions already. Last season, they managed just four. 

10 - Daniil Fomin was the architect of Dynamo’s comeback against cross-town rivals CSKA with both goals, the first from the penalty spot. In fact, he has scored all 10 of his RPL penalties - only Dmitry Poloz and Joaozinho have a better 100% record (both 11/11). 

15 - Zenit's 3-2 win over Krasnodar extended their strong run against Viktor Goncharenko; in 15 matches against his RPL teams (Kuban Krasnodar, Ural Ekaterinburg, Ufa, CSKA Moscow and now Krasnodar), they have lost only once. In fact, the run is even longer if one includes two Champions League matches while in charge of BATE Borisov. 

82 - Sardar Azmoun simply cannot stop scoring. After finishing as the RPL's top goalscorer in the 2019/20 season and second-highest scorer last campaign - only overtaken on the last day when strike partner Artem Dzyuba smashed four past hapless Tambov - he has raced out of the blocks with four goals in thee first three RPL matchdays. In total, he has scored 82 goals since his 2013 RPL debut - in that time, only Dzyuba (96) has more. 

360 - Semin has barely had any time to acclimatise to his new club and playing squad, but he will be quietly pleased with them picking up their first points of the season in the 1-1 draw away to Khimki. One aspect that helped was thee comfort on the ball of Maksim Osipenko, who has progressed the ball 360 metres this season already - the most of any player in the RPL. 

404 - Sochi were relatively untroubled at home to Ural as they swept aside the struggling visitors in a 2-0 win. They were set on their way to victory by Ivelin Popov's early goal; it was the Bulgarian's first RPL strike in well over a year - 404 days to be precise, when he scored for Rostov against Krasnodar. 


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