MK-Sport continues the traditional rubric, in which not only the matches ( zenit – dynamo) of the next round of the Russian Premier League are announced, but also forecasts are given. Especially for you, we have collected all the useful information about the upcoming games in one place: from statistics of personal meetings of opponents to the total cost of players of each club. We hope that with our help it will be easier for you to understand the pre-match layouts.
“DYNAMO” (Moscow) – “ZENIT” (St. Petersburg)
14.00 (hereinafter Moscow time). Moscow. Lev Yashin Stadium (capacity – 25,716 spectators)
SI: 82,400,000 euros / 173,800,000 euros
Chief Arbiter: Sergey Karasev (Moscow)
Head coaches: Sandro Schwartz / Sergey Semak
Leaders: Anton Shunin / Artem Dzyuba
Last meeting in Moscow: 1: 0
First round meeting: 1: 4
Overall balance of meetings: + 12 = 14-28, 51:87
Dynamo’s last 5 RPL matches: + 4 = 0-1, 12: 7
Zenit’s last 5 RPL matches : +3 = 2-0, 13: 4
Broadcast : “Match Premier”
Weather : -5
MK-Sport: Zenit’s fatigue after a brilliant but exhausting Champions League match with Chelsea cannot but affect the result of the Moscow meeting, but Sergei Semak’s team should not concede the leadership in the championship to the blue and white before the winter break. Each of the opponents plays in the RPL quite effectively, but in the game on a collision course, which is quite likely, the more experienced and well-equipped reigning champions of Russia will have a better chance of winning.
Prediction: 1: 1
AKHMAT (Grozny) – Khimki (Khimki)
16.30 . Grozny. Akhmat-Arena (30,597 spectators)
SI : EUR 26,250,000 / EUR 22,980,000
Chief Arbiter: Alexey Amelin (Tula)
Head coaches: Andrey Talalaev / Igor Cherevchenko
Leaders : Andrey Semenov / Denis Glushakov
Last meeting in Grozny: 3: 1
First round meeting: 0: 2
Overall balance of meetings: + 7 = 0–3, 15:12
The last 5 matches of “Akhmat” in the RPL: + 1 = 2-2, 5: 4
Khimki’s last 5 RPL matches: +1 = 3-1, 6:11
Broadcast : “Match Premier”
Weather : +14
MK-Sport : Igor Cherevchenko’s team , which has the least chance of leaving the last place in the standings after the final round in the calendar year, does not have a burden of responsibility. The new-old head coach will have to prepare his players for the main battles of the season during the winter break, which is already a stone’s throw.
But “Akhmat” will certainly appear on the field in Grozny over-motivated. Talalaev’s team in the previous round, playing in the majority for more than an hour, annoyingly missed the victory over Spartak in Moscow, and Andrei Viktorovich, who once coached Khimki, left the club not of his own free will and has every reason to sharpen his teeth on the Moscowites. The field factor, multiplied by powerful motivation, gives us the obvious favorite of the meeting. Moreover, because of malaise, Cherevchenko did not fly with the team to Grozny.
Prediction : 2: 0
“KRASNODAR” (Krasnodar) – “NIZHNY NOVGOROD” (Nizhny Novgorod)
19.00 . Krasnodar. Krasnodar Stadium (35,059 spectators)
NE : € 113,400,000 / € 15,730,000
Chief Arbiter: Evgeny Kukulyak (Kaluga)
Head coaches: Viktor Gancharenko / Alexander Kerzhakov
Leaders : Matvey Safonov / Alexey Kozlov
Last meeting in Krasnodar: have not met before
First round meeting: 4: 1
Overall balance of meetings: + 1 = 0–1, 4: 2
The last 5 matches of Krasnodar in the RPL: + 2 = 1-2, 7: 7
The last 5 matches of Nizhny Novgorod in the RPL: +1 = 1-3, 5:11
Broadcast : “Match TV”
Weather : +10
MK-Sport: They do not stop talking about the bulls’ game crisis from the very start of the championship, but Viktor Gancharenko ‘s team came up to the final round before the winter break , taking 3rd place in the standings. In the game of the southerners, there are enough shortcomings, both in defense and in attack, in which they are unlucky in the final stage, but Krasnodar simply must beat Nizhny Novgorod at home in the last match of the year.
Prediction : 3: 1
LOCOMOTIVE (Moscow) – UFA (Ufa)
19.00 . Moscow. Lokomotiv Stadium (28 800 spectators)
SI : EUR 97,080,000 / EUR 17,650,000
Chief Arbiter: Artem Lyubimov (St. Petersburg)
Head coaches: Markus Gisdol / Alexey Stukalov
Leaders : Fedor Smolov / Alexander Belenov
Last meeting in Moscow: 1: 0
First round meeting: 1: 1
Overall balance of meetings: + 9 = 6–3, 16: 6
Lokomotiv’s last 5 RPL matches: +1 = 1-3, 5: 8
The last 5 matches of “Ufa” in the RPL: + 1 = 3-1, 4: 5
Broadcast : “Match Premier”
Weather : -7
MK-Sport : The last time when at least one of the teams managed to score more than one goal in official meetings of these rivals happened almost 6 years ago. Since then, the “railroad” and the Ufa team have met 12 times on the field, winning only 13 goals for two in more than 1000 game minutes. There is no reason to believe that this time at least one of the teams will please with high performance. Ufa on the road will be quite happy with a goalless draw, and Loko, tired after the league-European battles, is unlikely to be capable of prolonged pressure on the opponent’s goal.
Prediction : 1: 0
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