On the 15th of October, in this week 13 match, Khimki hosts Fakel in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Khimki is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Ural. Aleksey Kashtanov scored the first goal for Ural in the 4th minute, then Lazar Randjelović added another in the 63rd minute. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Fakel recorded a 1-1 draw against Zenit. Georgy Gongadze struck first for Fakel in the 12th minute, but Malcom got the equalizer for Zenit in the 28th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Zenit. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Evgeny Morozov has been the most effective weapon for Fakel lately. The Russian defender has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Ilya Kukharchuk has been the most prolific scorer on Khimki in the last 5 matches with two goals.