In this week 24 match, on Saturday Apr 9th, Khimki will host CSKA Moscow at Stadion Rodina in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 15th placed Khimki is fresh off their 3-2 win against Rubin Kazan’. German Onugkha scored the first goal for Rubin Kazan’ in the 56th minute, but Denis Glushakov got the equalizer for Khimki in the 60th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 90th minute on a goal by Zakhar Volkov to cap off a wild match. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while cSKA Moscow sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Ural. Igor Diveev scored the first goal for CSKA Moscow in the 3rd minute, then Jaka Bijol tied it up for Ural on an own goal in the 7th minute . With 20 points in their last 10 matches CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 21st of November, CSKA Moscow hosted Khimki in their last match together. CSKA Moscow and Khimki battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither CSKA Moscow nor Khimki could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
CSKA Moscow is fortunate enough to have Yusuf Yazıcı in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 7 goals. Khimki’s top weapon lately has been Didier Lamkel Ze, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.