On the 29th of October, in this week 15 match, Dinamo Moscow hosts Khimki at Arena Khimki 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, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 6th placed Dinamo Moscow, recorded a 3-1 win against Locomotiv Moscow. François Kamano struck first for Locomotiv Moscow in the 1st minute on a feed from Dmitri Zhivoglyadov, then Fedor Smolov tied it up for Dinamo Moscow in the 33rd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 64th minute on a goal by Zakharyan to cap off a wild match. Dinamo Moscow is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Khimki recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Spartak Moscow. Mikhail Ignatov struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 2nd minute, then Shamar Nicholson added another in the 18th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Khimki couldn’t manage to score, and Spartak Moscow took the shutout win. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 2 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 Dinamo Moscow won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Khimki’s most prolific scorer has been Ilya Kukharchuk. The Russian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Fedor Smolov has been the most prolific scorer on Dinamo Moscow in his last 5 matches with two goals.