Week 9 brings us a match on Sep 11th where Fakel plays host to Locomotiv Moscow in a meeting 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 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 14th placed Fakel, recorded a 1-3 loss against FC Nizhny Novgorod. Maksim Maksimov struck first for Fakel in the 5th minute, but Nikolay Kalinsky got the equalizer for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 66th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 73rd minute on a penalty goal by Kalinsky. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 10th placed Locomotiv Moscow, recorded a 1-2 loss against Akhmat Grozny. Mohamed Konate struck first for Akhmat Grozny in the 3rd minute, then Anton Miranchuk tied it up for Locomotiv Moscow in the 42nd minute. Locomotiv Moscow is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses 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.
Both Ivan Ignatiev and Anton Miranchuk have been the hottest scorers for Locomotiv Moscow in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Maksim Maksimov has been the most prolific scorer on Fakel in his last 5 matches with two goals.