Akhmat secured a 2-1 home victory over Fakel in Matchday 2 of the RPL Path group stage of the FONBET Russian Cup. The match took place at Akhmat Arena.

 

Grozny striker Georgy Melkadze opened the scoring just nine seconds into the game. Egas Kasintura added Akhmat's second goal. Fakel's only goal came from Ilnur Alshin during the added time.

 

Akhmat Fakel - 2-1 (2-0)

 

18 August 2026. Kick-off: 20:45

Grozny, Akhmat Arena. Attendance: 4,318.

+19°C, cloudy.

 

Referees: Tsyganok (Kaliningrad), Petrov (Astrakhan), Belokur (Vladivostok)

VAR: Zhabchenko (Krasnodar), Sukhoy (Lyubertsy)

 

Akhmat: Shelia, Ibishev, Tsake, Bogosavac, Sidorov, Shchetinin (Romao, 46), Keliano (Ndong, 61), Ismael, Kasintura (Kasadzhikov, 80), Kenzhebek (Sadulaev, 61), Melkadze (Konate, 71).

Head coach: Stanislav Cherchesov.

 

Fakel: Obukhov, El-Mhassani, Zhuravlev, Simonov (Todorovic, 46), Kovalev (Alshin, 71), Yurganov, Bagamaev (Gnapi, 71), Magomedov, Netfullin (Sutormin, 77), Pusi, Uridia (Giorgobiani, 46).

Head coach: Oleg Vasilenko.

 

Goals: Melkadze, 1 (1-0); Kasintura, 31 (2-0); Alshin, 90+5 (2-1).

 

Yellow cards: Kovalev (23).