On the 7th of August, in this week 4 match, Rostov will host Orenburg in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Rostov is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Khimki. Nikolay Komlichenko struck first for Rostov in the 40th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Khimki couldn’t muster any offence and Rostov ran away with the shutout win. Rostov is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while orenburg sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Spartak Moscow. Christopher Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Spartak Moscow in the 2nd minute, then Aleksandr Sobolev added another in the 12th minute. Orenburg looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Orenburg’s most prolific scorer has been Sychevoy. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Rostov’s top weapon lately has been Nikolay Komlichenko, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.