March 19th features a match where Spartak Moscow and FC Nizhny Novgorod will play a match in Nizhniy Novgorod in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 11th placed FC Nizhny Novgorod, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Ufa. Neither Ufa nor FC Nizhny Novgorod could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. FC Nizhny Novgorod looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while spartak Moscow is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Krasnodar. Eduard Spertsyan scored the first goal for Krasnodar in the 5th minute, then Quincy Promes tied it up for Spartak Moscow in the 38th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Otkrytiye Arena, FC Nizhny Novgorod won by a score of 2 to 1. Kirill Gotsuk struck first for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 4th minute on a feed from Lucas Masoero, then Aleksey Kozlov added another in the 16th minute on a feed from Daniil Penchikov.
Spartak Moscow’s most prolific scorer has been Quincy Promes. The Dutch attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.