Kazakhstani forward Maksim Samorodov started for Akhmat in the away match of the ninth round of the Russian Premier League against Akron. The Grozny side lost in Samara with a score of 0:2. Galymzhan Kenzhebek spent the match on the bench. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
Match progress
The hosts took the lead as early as the fifth minute. Jilson Benshimol received a pass from Roberto Fernandes and sent the ball into the top corner with a shot from outside the penalty area. Shortly before that, Akhmat had scored themselves, but Egash Kasintura's goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to handball.
Akhmat's situation worsened in the 37th minute when Georgiy Melkadze received a straight red card. After that, the visitors played more than half of the match with ten men.
Final score
Karlen Hovhannisyan set the final score in the 87th minute – 2:0. For Akron, this victory was their first in the current RPL season.
Samorodov spent 86 minutes on the pitch. The Kazakhstani player took several set pieces and tried to join the Grozny attacks, but did not register any goal contributions. In the closing stages, he was replaced by Erald Maksuti.
Kenzhebek was included in Akhmat's squad list, but head coach Stanislav Cherchesov never brought the Kazakhstani midfielder onto the pitch.
League standings
After nine rounds, Akhmat with 10 points occupies tenth place in the table. Akron has collected eight points and moved up to 13th place.