On Saturday Nov 5th, in week 16, CSKA Moscow and FC Nizhny Novgorod will play a match in Moskva in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. CSKA Moscow is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Locomotiv Moscow. Jesús Medina struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 22nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Locomotiv Moscow was frustrated by CSKA Moscow’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. CSKA Moscow ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches CSKA Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fC Nizhny Novgorod sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Krylya Sovetov. Timur Suleimanov struck first for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 32nd minute on a penalty, but Gotsuk got the equalizer for Krylya Sovetov on an own goal in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 100th minute on a penalty goal by Glenn Bijl. FC Nizhny Novgorod is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Jul 31st, FC Nizhny Novgorod and CSKA Moscow battled to a 2-2 draw. Fedor Chalov struck first for CSKA Moscow in the 15th minute on a feed from Maksim Mukhin, then Konstantin Kuchaev added another in the 22nd minute.
Mamadou Maiga and Timur Suleimanov are the top scorers for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. CSKA Moscow is fortunate enough to have Fedor Chalov in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.