On Sunday Aug 14th, Spartak Moscow will play host to Sochi in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Spartak Moscow, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Ural. Quincy Promes scored the first goal for Spartak Moscow in the 27th minute, then Mikhail Ignatov added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Aleksandr Sobolev In the end, Ural was frustrated by Spartak Moscow’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Spartak Moscow ended the match with the shutout victory. Spartak Moscow is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Sochi is fresh off their 2-1 win against FC Nizhny Novgorod. Christian Noboa struck first for Sochi in the 33rd minute on a penalty kick, then Artur Yusupov added another in the 38th minute. Sochi is looking for direction having earned 15 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 Sochi won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Sochi’s most prolific scorer has been Christian Noboa. The midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Spartak Moscow is glad to have Quincy Promes in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.