Week 27 brings us a match on May 1st, where Khimki will play host to Ufa in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 12th placed Khimki is fresh off their 4-1 win against Krylya Sovetov. Maksim Glushenkov scored the first goal for Krylya Sovetov in the 28th minute, but Denis Glushakov got the equalizer for Khimki in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback in the 50th minute on a goal by Reziuan Mirzov to cap off a wild match. Khimki is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Ufa recorded a 1-2 loss against Ural. Eric Bicfalvi struck first for Ural in the 25th minute on a feed from Oleg Shatov, then Danijel Miškić added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Vyacheslav Podberezkin. Ufa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 18th of September, Ufa was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Denis Glushakov struck first for Khimki in the 44th minute, then in the 52nd minute, Konstantin Pliev sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Gamid Agalarov Finally they completed the comback in the 62nd minute on a goal by Vladislav Kamilov to cap off a wild match.
Ufa is fortunate enough to have Gamid Agalarov in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Both Aleksandr Rudenko and Iliya Sadygov have been the hottest scorers for Khimki in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.