In a weekend match on Sun Aug 28th, in week 7, Torpedo Moskva will host Krasnodar in a Premier League match. 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. 16th placed Torpedo Moskva is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Zenit. Ivan Sergeev scored the first goal for Zenit in the 84th minute, then Malcom added another in the 88th minute on a feed from Aleksandr Erokhin In the end, Torpedo Moskva couldn’t muster any offence and Zenit ran away with the shutout win. Torpedo Moskva looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Krasnodar recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Orenburg. Aleksey Ionov scored the first goal for Krasnodar in the 28th minute, then Jhon Córdoba added another in the 66th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Orenburg couldn’t manage to score, and Krasnodar took the shutout win. Krasnodar is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Krasnodar’s top weapon lately has been Spertsyan, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. David Karaev and Aleksei Pomerko are the top scorers for Torpedo Moskva in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.