The Astrakhan Herald
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Dmitry Shilov
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market19 Oct 2026
Kirill Pluzhnikov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Astrakhan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match17 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Astrakhan do not lose
10 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Turki Ba Al-Jawsh in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Astrakhan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match17 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Astrakhan
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Astrakhan can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Turki Ba Al-Jawsh
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Magomed Pirmagomedov signs a new deal
- Squad Liubomyr Kuzyk wants to go home
- Match Point won or two lost for Astrakhan?
- Market Astrakhan put Daniel Yegorov up for sale