In this week 16 match on Nov 27th, Khimki hosts Krasnodar in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Khimki recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against CSKA Moscow. Neither CSKA Moscow nor Khimki could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 5th placed Krasnodar is fresh off their 2-1 win against Spartak Moscow. Jhon Córdoba struck first for Krasnodar in the 16th minute, but Aleksandr Sobolev got the equalizer for Spartak Moscow in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Krasnodar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Khimki and Krasnodar last played eachother at the Stadion Fk Krasnodar on Sun Aug 1st. Khimki took the match by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over zero thousand dissapointed spectators. Ilya Kukharchuk struck first for Khimki in the 63rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Krasnodar was frustrated by Khimki’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Khimki ended the match with the shutout victory.
Krasnodar’s most prolific scorer has been Grzegorz Krychowiak. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Aleksandr Dolgov and Ilya Kukharchuk are the top scorers for Khimki in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.