In this week 19 match on the 26th of February, Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow will play a match in Moskva in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular Moskva derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 9th placed Spartak Moscow is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Sochi. Christian Noboa struck first for Sochi in the 28th minute on a penalty kick, then Ivelin Popov added another in the 89th minute In the end, Spartak Moscow was frustrated by Sochi’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sochi ended the match with the shutout victory. Spartak Moscow is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed CSKA Moscow, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Arsenal Tula. Anton Zabolotnyi struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 33rd minute, then Anton Zabolotnyi added another in the 75th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Arsenal Tula was frustrated by CSKA Moscow’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. CSKA Moscow ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sep 20th, CSKA Moscow hosted Spartak Moscow in their last match together. CSKA Moscow was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Anton Zabolotnyi scored the first goal for CSKA Moscow in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Spartak Moscow couldn’t muster any offence and CSKA Moscow ran away with the shutout win.
CSKA Moscow’s most prolific scorer has been Anton Zabolotnyi. The Russian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Aleksandr Sobolev has been the most prolific scorer on Spartak Moscow in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.