Spartak Moscow — Rostov 3:0

Spartak Moscow

3:0

Rostov

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Spartak Moscow was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Spartak Moscow	3	2.84	+0.2	2.76
Rostov	0	0.29	−0.3	0.15

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
25'	Gedson Fernandes	Spartak Moscow	0.65	Danil Denisov
54'	Pablo Solari (penalty)	Spartak Moscow	0.75
88'	Nikita Massalyga	Spartak Moscow	0.85	Igor Dmitriev

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
88'	Nikita Massalyga	Spartak Moscow	0.85	goal
25'	Gedson Fernandes	Spartak Moscow	0.65	goal, header
91'	Nail Umiarov	Spartak Moscow	0.13	blocked, from a free kick

Shots: Spartak Moscow 15, Rostov 9; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Spartak Moscow 0.76, Rostov 0.05: a small edge for Spartak Moscow. In the second half xG was Spartak Moscow 2.06, Rostov 0.25: a big edge for Spartak Moscow. The edge in chances lasted the whole match.

How it fits the season

Spartak Moscow: +1.5 for the season (3 in the table). Rostov: +2.2 (6). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Akhmat Grozny — Dynamo Makhachkala 3:2Krasnodar — Akron Tolyatti 1:1

All RPL matches with xG →