In this week 8 match, on Sunday Sep 4th, Spartak Moscow will play host to Zenit in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Spartak Moscow, recorded a 4-1 win against Fakel. Dashaev struck first for Fakel in the 23rd minute on a feed from Evgeny Shlyakov, but Roman Zobnin got the equalizer for Spartak Moscow in the 51st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 57th minute on a goal by Litvinov to cap off a wild match. Spartak Moscow should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Zenit, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Ural. Malcom struck first for Zenit in the 50th minute, then Andrey Mostovoy added another in the 54th minute In the end, Ural couldn’t muster any offence and Zenit ran away with the shutout win. Zenit should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Zenit won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Malcom has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Zenit. Quincy Promes has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 6 goals for Spartak Moscow.