Week 3 features a match on Sunday Jul 31st, where FC Nizhny Novgorod and CSKA Moscow will play a match in Nizhniy Novgorod in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 14th placed FC Nizhny Novgorod, recorded a 0-3 loss against Khimki. Aleksandr Rudenko scored the first goal for Khimki in the 62nd minute, then Reziuan Mirzov added another in the 80th minute In the end, FC Nizhny Novgorod couldn’t muster any offence and Khimki ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, CSKA Moscow recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Sochi. Jesús Medina scored the first goal for CSKA Moscow in the 36th minute, then Jorge Carrascal added another in the 56th minute In the end, Sochi couldn’t muster any offence and CSKA Moscow ran away with the shutout win. CSKA Moscow is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season CSKA Moscow won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Igor Diveev and Ivan Oblyakov have been the hottest scorers for CSKA Moscow in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. FC Nizhny Novgorod hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kalinsky and Vyacheslav Krotov, and they each have 1 goal.