On Sun Oct 16th, CSKA Moscow hosts Spartak Moscow at Veb Arena in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular Moskva derby. 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. CSKA Moscow sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Dinamo Moscow. William Rocha struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 12th minute, then Fedor Smolov tied it up for Dinamo Moscow in the 44th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Dinamo Moscow. With 18 points in their last 10 matches CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance, while spartak Moscow is fresh off their 5-2 win against Krylya Sovetov. Roman Ezhov scored the first goal for Krylya Sovetov in the 6th minute, then Quincy Promes tied it up for Spartak Moscow in the 6th minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Aleksandr Sobolev. Spartak Moscow should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season CSKA Moscow won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Spartak Moscow is glad to have Aleksandr Sobolev in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. CSKA Moscow’s top weapon lately has been Fedor Chalov, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.