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Nizhny Novgorod vs Rotor Volgograd: Match Preview

Nizhny Novgorod

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4-2

HT 3-2

Rotor Volgograd

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Date

12 July 2026

Kickoff

16:30

Venue

Sovcombank Arena

Round

Regular Season - 1

Status

Full time

Scheduled match window: approximately 16:30–18:30 EAT. Actual duration can vary because of added time, extra time, delays or interruptions.

Fixtures Hub's Pick

draw or Rotor Volgograd

Medium Confidence This pick comes from our featured prediction analysis. Backed by live match statistics, confirmed lineups, recent team form.

Match overview

Medium confidence

Nizhny Novgorod face Rotor Volgograd in First League in Russia. The match is scheduled for Sunday, 12 July 2026 at 16:30 at Sovcombank Arena.

This pick comes from our featured prediction analysis. Backed by live match statistics, confirmed lineups, recent team form.

Nizhny Novgorod

Rating 4.4/10

Played

Goals

Conceded

Both scored

100%

Clean sheets

Points rate

4.4/10

Rotor Volgograd

Rating 5/10

Played

Goals

Conceded

Both scored

17%

Clean sheets

Points rate

5/10

Team lineups

Starting players, substitutes and coaching staff where available.

Nizhny Novgorod

4-2-3-1

30 Nikita Medvedev G

25 Sven Karič D

17 Gleb Shilnikov D

2 Viktor Aleksandrov D

3 Yuriy Koledin D

94 Artem Timofeev M

78 Nikolay Kalinskiy M

18 Artem Sokolov M

72 Timofey Komissarov M

11 Gleb Popolitov F

27 Vyacheslav Grulev F

Coach

Vadim Garanin

Substitutes

Yan Gudkov

Mamadou Maiga

Stanislav Lapinsky

Adrián Balboa

Vladislav Sarvelyi

Islam Imamov

Roman Evgenyev

Nikita Kakkoev

Nikolay Ishchenko

Valeriy Tsarukyan

Artem Sidorenko

Andrey Ivlev

Rotor Volgograd

5-4-1

13 Nikita Chagrov G

16 Nikolay Poyarkov D

25 Émerson D

23 Maksim Khramtsov D

8 Timur Ayupov M

15 Egor Danilkin D

10 Artem Simonyan M

6 Mikhail Umnikov M

5 Aleksandr Troshechkin M

7 Aleksandr Khohlachev F

9 Said Aliev F

Coach

Dmitriy Parfenov

Substitutes

Pavel Gorelov

Abu-Said Eldarushev

Nikita Plotnikov

Ilya Rodionov

Aleksandr Khubulov

Vladimir Sugrobov

Ivan Litvenok

Tomislav Dadić

Mikhail Tsipushtanov

Atsamaz Revazov

Nizhny Novgorod

Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

30Nikita MedvedevG
3Yuriy KoledinD
2Viktor AleksandrovD
17Gleb ShilnikovD
25Sven KaričD
78Nikolay KalinskiyM
94Artem TimofeevM
11Gleb PopolitovF
72Timofey KomissarovM
18Artem SokolovM
27Vyacheslav GrulevF

Substitutes

66Yan GudkovM
8Mamadou MaigaM
93Stanislav LapinskyF
10Adrián BalboaF
9Vladislav SarvelyiF
98Islam ImamovG
4Roman EvgenyevD
22Nikita KakkoevD
83Nikolay IshchenkoM
80Valeriy TsarukyanM
69Artem SidorenkoM
77Andrey IvlevM

Coach

Vadim Garanin

Rotor Volgograd

Formation 5-4-1

Starting XI

13Nikita ChagrovG
15Egor DanilkinD
8Timur AyupovM
23Maksim KhramtsovD
25ÉmersonD
16Nikolay PoyarkovD
7Aleksandr KhohlachevF
5Aleksandr TroshechkinM
6Mikhail UmnikovM
10Artem SimonyanM
9Said AlievF

Substitutes

22Pavel GorelovM
77Abu-Said EldarushevM
19Nikita PlotnikovM
69Ilya RodionovM
98Aleksandr KhubulovF
50Vladimir SugrobovG
99Ivan LitvenokG
44Tomislav DadićD
90Mikhail TsipushtanovM
77Atsamaz RevazovF

Coach

Dmitriy Parfenov

Nizhny NovgorodRotor Volgograd

🟨 Yellow card
G. Popolitov
16'
🟨 Yellow card
G. Popolitov
⚽ Goal
A. Sokolov
32'
⚽ Goal
A. Sokolov
⚽ Goal
G. Popolitov
34'
⚽ Goal
G. Popolitov
⚽ Goal
Emerson
41'
⚽ Goal
Emerson
⚽ Goal
Emerson
45'
⚽ Goal
Emerson
🟨 Yellow card
S. Aliev
45+2'
🟨 Yellow card
S. Aliev
⚽ Penalty goal
V. Grulev
45+3'
⚽ Penalty goal
V. Grulev
HT 3-2
↔ Sub
M. Khramtsov · P. Gorelov
60'
↔ Sub
M. Khramtsov · P. Gorelov
↔ Sub
A. Khokhlachev · A. Eldarushev
60'
↔ Sub
A. Khokhlachev · A. Eldarushev
🟨 Yellow card
A. Eldarushev
63'
🟨 Yellow card
A. Eldarushev
🟨 Yellow card
A. Simonyan
64'
🟨 Yellow card
A. Simonyan
🟨 Yellow card
Rotor Volgograd
64'
🟨 Yellow card
Rotor Volgograd
↔ Sub
A. Timofeev · Y. Gudkov
66'
↔ Sub
A. Timofeev · Y. Gudkov
↔ Sub
Y. Koledin · M. Maiga
66'
↔ Sub
Y. Koledin · M. Maiga
↔ Sub
V. Grulev · A. Balboa
74'
↔ Sub
V. Grulev · A. Balboa
↔ Sub
G. Popolitov · S. Lapinsky
74'
↔ Sub
G. Popolitov · S. Lapinsky
↔ Sub
M. Umnikov · N. Plotnikov
76'
↔ Sub
M. Umnikov · N. Plotnikov
↔ Sub
A. Simonyan · I. Rodionov
76'
↔ Sub
A. Simonyan · I. Rodionov
⚽ Goal
S. Lapinsky
82'
⚽ Goal
S. Lapinsky
↔ Sub
S. Aliev · A. Khubulov
83'
↔ Sub
S. Aliev · A. Khubulov
🟨 Yellow card
Rotor Volgograd
89'
🟨 Yellow card
Rotor Volgograd
🟨 Yellow card
N. Poyarkov
89'
🟨 Yellow card
N. Poyarkov
↔ Sub
T. Komissarov · V. Sarveli
90'
↔ Sub
T. Komissarov · V. Sarveli
FT 4-2

Nizhny Novgorod recent results

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Rotor Volgograd recent results

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Nizhny Novgorod vs Rotor Volgograd: form, H2H and match context

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