On Oct 7th, Ural and Khimki will play a match in Jekaterinburg in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. 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. In their last match, 15th placed Ural, recorded a 4-2 win against Locomotiv Moscow. Aleksey Kashtanov scored the first goal for Ural in the 7th minute, then Aleksandr Yushin added another in the 41st minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Khimki recorded a 1-2 loss against CSKA Moscow. Fedor Chalov struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 13th minute on a feed from Konstantin Kuchaev, then Fedor Chalov added another in the 38th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Khimki won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Khimki is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Arťom Mešaninov and Aleksandr Dolgov each only have 1 goal in their last five. Eric Bicfalvi has been the most prolific scorer on Ural in the last five matches with three goals.