There is a serious fight for the top 3.
Dynamo-Sochi
– A serious fight is brewing in the area of 2-5 places. Spartak stumbled at the beginning of the Orenburg round, and the white-blue took advantage of this: they beat Ural, scoring at the finish line, and now they are only 5 points behind the red-white. Dynamo together with Spartak and CSKA form the Moscow trio in the fight for the top 3.
– For the spring segment “Sochi”. RPL it’s much less fun. The joy of Kurban Berdyev’s debut victory in the very first match in charge of the southerners was quickly replaced by devastating defeats from Orenburg and Fakel. Sochi residents urgently need to change something, otherwise the mentor will retire without even a year of work.
Pari NN – Lokomotiv
– Citizens of Nizhny Novgorod cannot take their chosen course in the summer. The new coach, Artem Gorlov, is getting out of hand: under his leadership, Pari NN won one victory in the second half of the season. Yes, and that – in the cup. As a result, the team has already fallen into the joint area, “Torch” breathes behind, and more and more rumors are heard about the resignation of the helmsman.
– And Nizhny Novgorod will have to play the team whose place it took in the bottom four. Lokomotiv are unbeaten in four games in a row. This is already the best indicator of the red-and-greens this season. As a result, Muscovites quickly left the joint area.
– The fact that Loko’s progress was ensured by the recent Pari NN head coach Mikhail Galaktionov adds to the principle of the meeting.
Spartak – Akmat
– Either it’s a coincidence or it’s a negative trend – but Spartak have won only one win in their last 4 games. And in each missed. The biggest concern is the previous match with Orenburg – on the road, the “red and white” lost “dry”. The championship of “Zenith” was postponed only because of the sensational defeat of the Petersburgers from CSKA – but Spartak lost the second line.
– Grozny stubbornly pursues Dynamo and CSKAreaching the top 5. The difference is only 3 points – the question is whether it will be possible to bring it down to a duel with a motivated Spartak.
Zenit – Urals
“Something extraordinary is happening to the reigning champions. In the match against Khimki, the blue-and-whites appeared weaker than their opponent, the team from the relegation zone. Then, in the Cup of Russia on penalties, they lost to Dynamo. And the main feeling was saved for the last match before the break for national team matches – they lost CSKA and did not score a single goal. Perhaps the Zenit players are already mentally celebrating their victory in the championship – for intrigue, such an effect better last.
– The Bumblebee’s streak of 16 matches without defeat was sadly interrupted: until the last minutes of the match against Dynamo, the scoreboard remained level. Points from the Urals deprived Muscovites forward Konstantin Tyukavin. It is definitely impossible to surrender to Ural now – in Sochi with Krasnodar about 3-4 points and Lokomotiv is getting closer and closer from below. And the separation from the joint area is not so reliable.
Wings of the Soviets – Orenburg
– The phenomenal misfortune led to the fact that the Samarans won only once after the winter break – in the first match, in the Cup against Dynamo. If we only talk about the Premier League, things are even worse: 3 defeats in a row. “Wings” now has to fight not to be in the place of “Pari NN” or “Torch”.
– Yuzhnouraltsy in a great mood went into a break, having won 2 victories over strong rivals after the defeat of Akhmat. On the road, they defeated Berdyev’s Sochi, who were considered the favorites before the match started. Subsequently, Spartak was dismantled at home. An amazing result led to the fact that now Orenburg is 4 points behind the top 5.
Chemki – Krasnodar
– Khimki’s winless streak continues, but progress was made in the content of the game – the team rebuilt the attacking structure well, so they also put pressure on Zenit and scored twice. With “Rostov” it was not lucky to get a penalty in the first half – and now another team from the south of Russia will come to the Khimki team.
– The spring of the “bulls” develops with mixed success – after relegation to the lower round of the Cup, 3 games without defeat followed (taking into account the return with CSKA – 4). True, in the 20th round Krasnodar turned out to be powerless before Lokomotiv. “Railroad” lost 0:2 in the first half, but scored three times in the second half and earned 3 points.
“Torch” – CSKA
– At the right time, Voronezh still gets the victory – when there was a threat to keep Khimki going, Fakel rallied and took his first league victory since September. Also, after doing this, the team questioned the feasibility of the Sochi mentor Kurban Berdyev.
– For the whole past week, the “soldiers” certainly celebrated the victory over “Zenith” – this happens extremely rarely (and two defeats in a row – even less often). The important thing is that this does not prevent us from continuing the emerging series and wedging ourselves in the fight for the medals.
Rostov – Torpedo
– Everything is fine for the southerners – the team continues to claim victory in the Cup (it will meet in the southern derby with Krasnodar), and in the championship they ousted Spartak from the second line, having beaten Khimki.
– The upcoming match against Torpedo is also interesting because this match is the debut match for Avtozavodtsy under the new coach Pep Clotet. But will this help the “black and white” at least get out of the bottom line of the Premier League?
