On Thursday, Dynamo snatched victory from Lokomotiv, first in regular time, and then in a penalty shootout (1:0, 4:3 on penalties). We have collected for you the most interesting statistical information on the results of the meeting based on the data provided by the RuStat platform.
Interesting facts
Andrei Lunev took part in the post–match penalty shootout for only the second time in his career - he also won the first one in 2016 as part of Ufa, making one save then.
Dynamo interrupted a record series of eight matches for the Russian Cup, in which they missed in the first half.
Dynamo for the tenth time won a penalty shootout in the Russian Cup, while for the first time with a score of 4:3.
Konstantin Tyukavin scored the 46th goal for Dynamo and came in 25th place among the club's top scorers, beating Mikhail Yakushin and Alekper Mammadov. Before the result of Dynamo's best scorer in the XXI century, Kevin Kuranyi, the 22-year-old striker had 10 goals left.
Eli Dasa played his 70th match as part of the blue and white, realizing the decisive blow in the post-match penalty shootout.
Team statistics
The blue and white outperformed the opponent in all the main indicators, giving out a record percentage of possession of the ball this season (64%) and showing high accuracy of passes (84%).
Key indicators: Lokomotiv –Dynamo
Scoring chances: 3 – 6
Expected goals (xG): 0.88 – 1.84
Strikes (on target): 9 (3) – 15 (7)
Ball possession: 36% – 64%
Martial arts: 49% – 51%
Strokes: 9 – 20
Selections: 18 – 15
Rebounds: 75 – 59
Individual statistics
Andrey Lunev set a seasonal record for Dynamo goalkeepers in terms of the percentage of successful TTDS (97%), only once making a mistake in the transfers.
The most involved in the game was Fabian Balbuena: 135 technical and tactical actions, 114 of them successful, and 88 accurate passes out of 103 – all the best results of the season among Dynamo. Also on the account of the captain were 10 rebounds.
Nicolas Marichal scored 93% of successful TTDS and 95% of transmission accuracy. Roberto Fernandez (92%), Diego Laxalt (92%) and Bitello (91%) passed well.
Marichal and Fernandez also recorded 8 interceptions each.
The Uruguayan defender was the most unyielding on the field, winning 75% of the single combats, which Nicolas Ngamaleu entered most often (20 times).
Eli Dasa made 4 accurate passes to the penalty area and made 9 rebounds.
Arthur got into the game really well, winning 5 out of 6 single combats and making 5 strokes. He made one of them right before the assist to Tyukavin, who has 5 successful TTDS in the opponent's penalty area and 7 shots (3 on target).
