On the 27th of August, Fakel plays host to Spartak Moscow in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 14th placed Fakel is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Krylya Sovetov. Maksim Glushenkov struck first for Krylya Sovetov in the 61st minute, then Maksim Maksimov tied it up for Fakel in the 65th minute earning Fakel a comeback draw. Fakel looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while spartak Moscow sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Dinamo Moscow. Konstantin Tyukavin scored the first goal for Dinamo Moscow in the 27th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Spartak Moscow couldn’t muster any offence and Dinamo Moscow ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Spartak Moscow should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Quincy Promes has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Spartak Moscow. Both Georgy Gongadze and Maksim Maksimov have been the hottest scorers for Fakel in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.