On the 16th of April, Spartak Moscow hosts Rubin Kazan’ in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Spartak Moscow sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Arsenal Tula. Roman Zobnin struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 53rd minute, then Shamar Nicholson added another in the 57th minute In the end, Arsenal Tula was frustrated by Spartak Moscow’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Spartak Moscow ended the match with the shutout victory. Spartak Moscow is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Rubin Kazan’, recorded a 0-1 loss against Krasnodar. Sergey Volkov scored the first goal for Krasnodar in the 85th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rubin Kazan’ couldn’t muster any offence and Krasnodar ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
Spartak Moscow and Rubin Kazan’ last played eachother at the Kazan’ Arena on the 24th of July. Rubin Kazan’ was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Samoshnikov struck first for Rubin Kazan’ in the 49th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Spartak Moscow couldn’t manage to score, and Rubin Kazan’ took the shutout win.
Anders Dreyer and Vitali Lisakovich are the top scorers for Rubin Kazan’ in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Spartak Moscow’s most prolific scorer has been Shamar Nicholson. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.