The winner of Sochi and Orenburg in the next match of the 18th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) has not been announced.
The meeting took place in Sochi at the Fisht stadium and ended in a fruitful draw with a score of 1:1. The home team’s only goal was scored by 24-year-old striker Ivan Ignatiev, who assisted Ecuadorian Christian Noboa in the 42nd minute of the match. For the guests, 21-year-old defender Danila Khotulev scored Nikita Goylo’s goal in the 94th minute.
After this match, the Black Sea team collected 11 points and remained in the 16th place in the Russian Championship rankings. The Orenburg team finished the first part of the season in 14th place with 15 points.
After this match, Baltika Kaliningrad took the penultimate place in the standings, which will play the last match of 2023 at home against Rubin Kazan. This match will be played at the Rostec Arena stadium in Kaliningrad and will start at 19:45 Moscow time.
In the next round, which will take place in 2024, Sochi will play away with Baltika, while Orenburg will go to Moscow with CSKA.
Nikolai Naumov, formerly former president of Lokomotiv was praised The club that prepared the field for the match against Ural.