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Lokomotiv Defeats Rubin in Possession-Dominated Match
Moscow, Russia – Lokomotiv defeated Rubin in a Russian Premier League match held at the RZD Arena. The match, corresponding to the tenth round of the regular season, was characterized by Lokomotiv’s clear dominance in ball possession, reaching 64% compared to Rubin’s 36%.
Despite the territorial dominance, the match remained tied until the 79th minute, when Dmitri Barinov, assisted by Lucas Fasson, broke the deadlock with a goal that gave Lokomotiv the victory.
The match was intense and hard-fought, reflected in the number of fouls committed by both teams (18 by Lokomotiv and 13 by Rubin) and the yellow cards shown. For Lokomotiv, Pogostnov, Batrakov, and Rudenko saw yellow. For Rubin, Shabanhaxhaj was cautioned at the end of the match.
Lokomotiv demonstrated greater effectiveness in front of goal, with 7 shots on target out of 10 attempted, while Rubin only managed one shot on target out of the 8 they tried. Regarding shots off target, Lokomotiv counted 2, while Rubin also had 2. The match was refereed by Yan Bobrovskiy.
Substitutions rubin: at minute 46 V. Hodza came in and D. Kuzyaev went out., at minute 69 J. Siwe came in and D. Shabanhaxhaj went out., at minute 69 B. Jocic came in and A. Jukic went out., at minute 90 I. Rozhkov came in and O. Ivanov went out.
Substitutions lokomotiv: at minute 46 E. Pogostnov came in and G. Nyamsi went out., at minute 72 A. Karpukas came in and N. Komlichenko went out., at minute 88 A. Rudenko came in and R. Myalkovskiy went out., at minute 88 Lucas Fasson came in and M. Nenakhov went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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