In this 18th week match, on Mon Dec 13th, Sochi hosts Spartak Moscow at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 4th placed Sochi, recorded a 1-2 loss against Krasnodar. Mateo Cassierra struck first for Sochi in the 19th minute on a feed from Danila Prokhin, then Claesson tied it up for Krasnodar in the 23rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 52nd minute on a goal by Viktor Claesson. Sochi is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while spartak Moscow sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Legia Warsaw. Zelimkhan Bakaev struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 17th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Legia Warsaw couldn’t manage to score, and Spartak Moscow took the shutout win. Spartak Moscow is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 26th, Spartak Moscow hosted Sochi at the Otkrytiye Arena in their last match together. Sochi took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Roman Zobnin struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 61st minute on a feed from Samuel Gigot, then Maksim Barsov got the equalizer for Sochi in the 66th minute on a feed from Timofey Margasov But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 73rd minute on a goal by Artur Yusupov.
Spartak Moscow is fortunate enough to have Aleksandr Sobolev in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Mateo Cassierra has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored five goals for Sochi.