On Oct 1st, Locomotiv Moscow will host Ural at Rzd Arena in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Locomotiv Moscow is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Spartak Moscow. Aleksandr Sobolev struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 35th minute on a feed from Danila Prutsev, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Locomotiv Moscow 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. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 15th placed Ural is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Akhmat Grozny. Evgeni Kharin struck first for Akhmat Grozny in the 38th minute, but Bykovskii got the equalizer for Ural in the 85th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Ural won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Eric Bicfalvi has been the most prolific scorer on Ural in the last five matches with three goals. Ivan Ignatiev has been the most effective weapon for Locomotiv Moscow lately. The Russian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches.