4 teams have turned the tide of the matches of the 12th round.

Russian clubs spoil the crowd as best they can: they have started scoring more often, games rarely end in a goalless draw or a modest 1-0. Another mini-trend appeared in the previous round: 3 matches ended in victory for the teams that conceded goals. In another team he saved a draw. Let’s talk about each of them.

CSKA missed opportunities against Dinamo

Vladimir Fedotov’s Wards certainly understood the opponent’s position before the match. The mechanism of the Muscovites began to fail: Luka Gagnidze was lost after the shock of August and other midfielders were unable to bear the workload of him. Due to Norman’s lengthy adaptation, Fomin is forced to team up with Mathias in a pair of defensive midfielders, which reduces the number of options in attack. Yes, and Zakharyan, it seems, was badly affected by the missed transfer to Chelsea – now Arsen is in danger of following Chalov’s path.

The White-Blue have turned into an average team, as they were before Schwartz’s arrival. But the team was downright unhappy with a three-game losing streak in the Premier League.

CSKA he started to apply pressure from the first minutes and was able to take the lead early in the first half – Willian Rocha did not have time to close the feed in the penalty area. However, a corner follows almost immediately and the Brazilian jumps to the goalkeeper’s left corner. This time with success. Rivals exchanged sharp attacks, Fedor Smolov was able to equalize, who received the ball in the free spaces, then Makarov hit unsuccessfully. From the side of the “red-blue” there were dangerous shots from Fedor Chalov.

A draw for Dinamo was saved by Fedor Smolov: he waited for the moment when Rosha and Zdelar took care of a Fomin and Nababkin slipped on the lawn. With the pressure of “soldiers” debugging, it was only the implementation that failed. There were chances in the second half as well, the Red-Blues’ xG at the end of the match was 2.70 – Vladimir Fedotov’s teams were able to take the lead more than once or twice. Such problems can signal more than just an accident.

However, the team is content with a draw and Fedotov notes:

We dominated the first half to increase the advantage we created after the set piece, but instead we got the stupidest and easiest goal. However, in the second half we were created again, but the implementation of all lethal situations disappointed us. I think this is the main result of today’s football evening: we didn’t manage to win.

“Orenburg” shot the match in 16 minutes

Orenburg had a completely different scenario. It was the Southern Urals who had the advantage, they were more acute in attack and reliable in defense. The trio of central defenders won the entire fight in the air, Ektov went successfully in the selection and Marin, together with Sychev, created the most dangerous moment in the 24th minute. But the guests opened the scoring: for this the error of Sivakov and Konate in the vicinity was enough.

Despite the missed goal, “Orenburg” continued to follow the usual plan: he did not become calmer at the gates of “Akhmat”, but the Grozny players themselves did not have time to respond with their attacks with the same sharpness. Sychevoi struck dangerously on goal a couple more times and in the 52nd minute threw Georgy Sheliy. After several unrealized moments, Ayupov scored a goal, which became the winner.

Nobody could foresee that the team, flying away from Zenith 0: 8, could reach the 7th line.

Spartak won in the class

We have already seen something like this from Zenit: even if the Petersburgers first conceded goals, then they still got 3 points. For Spartak, this has been the case in the last 2 games. Only if the Red-Whites had an advantage against Pari NN from the start, then there were serious concerns against the Wings during the match. Osinkin’s team successfully took the ball for themselves and, with a lower possession percentage, was even sharper than the Muscovites.

Quincy Promes’ goal proved to be very useful. If there were opportunities, Spartak could not transform them or score from offside. Quincy, on the other hand, knows how to squeeze the most out of an implicit episode. In the second half the hosts score the second, but the Wings almost immediately make a mini comeback. The “shooting” ended with “Spartak” leading and bringing the score to a devastating one – while the content of the fight does not confirm the dominance of the “red-whites”.

“Rostov” master class

Grant to the ninth second, besiege the opponent’s goal, but allow the opponent to score second, win at the end – this is a manual on how to save games. It is even more interesting that in the 30th minute Daniil Utkin hit three times by standards and two more from the field, each time from the center near the penalty area.

Krasnodar scored their goals thanks to the phenomenal conversion of chances after single mistakes by the Rostovites. Similarly, the “bulls” could have scored the third – Silyanov’s head saved Spertsyan from a goal.

Later, Alexander scored already in attack, bridging the gap, and Poloz’s goal from the spot and the subsequent goal by Alexei Mironov blew up the match – yes, Rostov had an advantage in the created moment, but to recover from 0: 2 is a difficult task. Krasnodar defender Kayo contributed to this. The match against Wings did not teach him anything, and Vitaly Meshkov did not forgive the Brazilian, as did Aleksey Sukhoi. “Bulls” played the match in the minority.

After such a slap in the face, Krasnodar will not soon return to the top 3 and Rostov has confirmed the status of a worthy competitor for Zenit.