Spartak had a very big advantage in the first half, actively pressing and creating a lot of chances. And Nicholson, and Promes, and Sobolev had scoring chances. In the end, just under pressure, Mampassi made a mistake, the “red-whites” intercepted the ball, played well, Sobolev turned around, left the opponent and scored a good goal.

In the second half, Lokomotiv replaced almost the entire attack group, due to which they managed to equalize the game. They had a couple of good moments, Ignatiev and Isidor went one on one, but in both cases Selikhov played great. And in the first half, Lokomotiv did not have a single shot on target at all. After the break, Spartak did not have such a game advantage, but they still played by the score and controlled the course of the meeting and quite confidently brought the match to victory.

Spartak had to win in order not to roll back to the middle of the standings. Now they are again among the leaders and are fighting for a place in the top three. The team was able to achieve the desired result, but Spartak still has a better team than Lokomotiv. For the railroad, for the first time this season, the defensive line played in such a composition. Jikia, Litvinov, Khlusevich and Denisov have already played with Spartak in this combination. They could decide the outcome already in the first half, convert your chances.

Abascal pays great attention to reliability in defense, and this is gradually bearing fruit. The better the team becomes, the better the results. But even in this match, having a big advantage, they might not have won, Lokomotiv converted their chances. Spartak does not yet have such reliability in the game as Zenit has, which is why they are not fighting for the championship.

As for Lokomotiv, the team has players of a good level, but the game is not built, not balanced. Zinnbauer has been a head coach for quite a while, but neither he nor Compper before him could find the optimal line-up that would play stably and reliably. Plus, it was evident from this game that the team was not functionally ready in the best way. They cannot play at a high pace from the first to the last minute.

Naturally, with such a level of players and with such a budget, the work of the coaching staff is unsatisfactory. The management of Lokomotiv will have to take measures to change the results and the quality of the team’s game. Lokomotiv has four defeats in a row. With such results, coaches who face serious tasks are fired.