On the 24th of April, in this week 26 match, Rostov will host Spartak Moscow at Rostov Arena in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 9th placed Rostov, recorded a 2-1 win against Arsenal Tula. Nikolay Komlichenko struck first for Rostov in the 10th minute on a feed from Kirill Shchetinin, then Igor Smolnikov tied it up for Arsenal Tula in the 44th minute. Rostov is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while spartak Moscow sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Rubin Kazan’. Vladislav Ignatjev struck first for Rubin Kazan’ in the 30th minute, then Aleksandr Sobolev tied it up for Spartak Moscow in the 69th minute earning Spartak Moscow at least a draw. Spartak Moscow is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 30th, Spartak Moscow hosted Rostov at the Otkrytiye Arena in their last match together. Spartak Moscow and Rostov battled to a 1-1 draw. Ruslan Litvinov struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 78th minute on a feed from Zelimkhan Bakaev, but Daniil Glebov got the equalizer for Rostov in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Rostov.
Spartak Moscow’s top weapon lately has been Shamar Nicholson, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Both Dmitri Poloz and Nikolay Komlichenko have been the hottest scorers for Rostov in the last five each having scored 3 goals.