In this week 15 match, on Saturday Oct 29th, Locomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow will play a match in Moskva in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated Moskva derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 14th placed Locomotiv Moscow, recorded a 1-3 loss against Dinamo Moscow. François Kamano struck first for Locomotiv Moscow in the 1st minute, but Fedor Smolov got the equalizer for Dinamo Moscow in the 33rd minute But luckily in the 64th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Zakharyan. Locomotiv Moscow looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed CSKA Moscow is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Orenburg. Fedor Chalov scored the first goal for CSKA Moscow in the 7th minute, then Vladimir Sychevoy got the equalizer for Orenburg in the 18th minute on a feed from Braian Mansilla . CSKA Moscow is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
CSKA Moscow is fortunate enough to have Fedor Chalov in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Ivan Ignatiev and Dmitriy Barinov are the top scorers for Locomotiv Moscow in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.