Oct 1st features a match where Khimki and CSKA Moscow will play a match in Khimki in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Khimki is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Krasnodar. Spertsyan struck first for Krasnodar in the 7th minute, then N. Krivtsov added another in the 33rd minute. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while cSKA Moscow is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Torpedo Moskva. Stefan Šapić struck first for Torpedo Moskva in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, CSKA Moscow was frustrated by Torpedo Moskva’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Torpedo Moskva ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Khimki won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Jesús Medina and Fedor Chalov have been the hottest scorers for CSKA Moscow in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Khimki hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Arťom Mešaninov and Aleksandr Dolgov, and they each have 1 goal.