In a weekend match on Sat Mar 5th, in week 20, CSKA Moscow will host FC Nizhny Novgorod in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 4th placed CSKA Moscow, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Spartak Moscow. Yusuf Yazıcı struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 49th minute, then Baktiyar Zaynutdinov added another in the 79th minute on a feed from Ivan Oblyakov In the end, Spartak Moscow couldn’t muster any offence and CSKA Moscow ran away with the shutout win. CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while fC Nizhny Novgorod sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ural. Kalinsky struck first for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 78th minute on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Ural was frustrated by FC Nizhny Novgorod’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. FC Nizhny Novgorod ended the match with the shutout victory. FC Nizhny Novgorod is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, CSKA Moscow won by a score of 2 to 0. Baktiyar Zaynutdinov struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 31st minute on a feed from Chidera Ejuke, then Ilzat Akhmetov added another in the 63rd minute on a penalty kick In the end, FC Nizhny Novgorod couldn’t muster any offence and CSKA Moscow ran away with the shutout win.
FC Nizhny Novgorod’s most prolific scorer has been Nikolay Kalinsky. The Russian midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Anton Zabolotnyi has been the most prolific scorer on CSKA Moscow in his last five matches with two goals.