An exciting football season has come to an end.
“Zenit”-“Krasnodar”
– “Citizens” have complexes in games with St. Petersburg and Muscovites. Krasnodar have not beaten Zenit since the spring of 2018, when they won 2:1 in St. Petersburg. But now it’s a different story. Semak lost twice at home RPLhe definitely doesn’t need a third defeat.
– Zenit will not be satisfied with a draw, they will leave Krasnodar in first place at the end of the first round. AND CSKA, if he wins his match, he will get closer to the leaders. Even the draw with Zenit doesn’t do much for Ivic from a psychological point of view, because he lost the advantage: only two points missing. It turns out that if Zenit wins, then RPL the leader will change.
“Lokomotiv” – “Akhmat”
– Lokomotiv has not achieved a single victory in the last four rounds. Akhmat has four defeats in a row and a seven-match winless streak. RPL. The last time a club from Grozny won the championship was in early September in an away match against Ural. Lokomotiv will be ashamed of losing against such a bad opponent.
– Coach Galaktionov managed to play a bad game against Spartak, even though he played the majority of the second half. Dzyuba scored the goal, but overall Pinyaev, Tiknizyan and their teammates performed poorly. It will be interesting to compare the progress of the two crises. Lokomotiv urgently needs three points, but remember that Akhmat was in the top five last season – the composition is better than the results.
“Wings of the Soviets” – “Ural”
– Two other teams are in crisis. The Samara club has four rounds without a win and three defeats. They are starting to lag behind the league leaders, they have let the imperfect Muscovites of Lokomotiv and Spartak criminally close. We have to score three points at home in the match against Ural.
– Gancharenko’s team has long forgotten the positive start, “Ural” did not win RPL in nine consecutive rounds. Moreover, they signed peace agreements only three times, in other matches they lost. Not to say that the two teams’ performance is as terrible as their results, but Gancharenko certainly has nothing to brag about. There is an important battle ahead.
“Torch” – CSKA
– At home in Voronezh, Tashuev’s team beat Spartak, and the center team also achieved a series of four consecutive victories in five rounds without defeat. “Fakel” is in great spirits and in good shape, which cannot be said about CSKA. The Army team won against Paris NN, but left many questions about the work of the coach and players.
– Fedotov has problems with composition. Mukhin and Diveev are in hospital, Zabolotny and Moises will not play due to suspension. There are enough people to form a good base, but in defense there will be midfielder Zdelar and the bench is shorter. Maybe they will switch to a back four? Let’s see, after all CSKA controversial, even if he wins. Faizullaev and Chalov saved the situation, but the army team’s football was so-so.
“Paris NN” – “Baltica”
– This time inside RPL There are no terrible teams. Baltika is strong, but away from home they are the worst. So far Ignashevich has seven defeats in seven away games. But this is a tricky statistic for Yuran, who plays well at home: 6 wins and 1 defeat. All series end sooner or later.
– “Paris NN” plays with differences, but they were inferior only to the Moscow clubs. But the strong Orenburg and Krylya Sovetov lost to Yuran, so the coach hopes for a successful match against Baltika. Kalinsky, Maiga, Stotsky and Gotsuk don’t have the most exciting team, but if they want to stay at the top of the table, they have to beat the worst away team of the season.
“Dinamo” – “Orenburg”
– The Muscovites have moved their fans to the heart with their stupid habit of giving points to their opponents when they are two goals ahead. This time they managed to give a sure victory against Sochi, they played 3:3 and goalkeeper Leshchuk also saved a penalty. It’s time for Lichka to explain to his players that Dinamo is not Orenburg, so they can settle for a show instead of a series of victories.
– Orenburg is the former club of the Dynamo coach, so according to the laws of the genre they can create problems. But given that the Muscovites are playing at home, new father Balbuena will return to the defense, and Leshchuk, Bitelo, Smolov and Laxalt are not in the worst condition, it will be difficult for Orenburg. Deogracia’s team did not win for four consecutive rounds and lost against objectively weaker teams than Dynamo.
“Sochi” – “Ruby”
– It’s obvious that inside RPL many teams lack the banal class of the players. This is why there is so much confusion and the feeling that Sochi could have also scored more points, despite being at the bottom of the table. But Tochilin achieved new successes, a win and a draw in the last three rounds. Rubin also did well: three wins and a draw.
– Surprisingly, this is a rare tour match between teams that are improving. It is all the more difficult to make predictions, since Rakhimov understood how to make Rubin’s players work on the field so that Dupin’s saves were not in vain. And “Sochi” was simply angry with itself, because in terms of composition it is definitely not the last team RPL. It will be interesting, a game without favourites.
“Spartak” – “Rostov”
– “Spartak” has won one of the last seven matches in different tournaments. A terrible series for a club that intended to excel RPL and win the championship. Abascal is performing badly and the only thing saving her from collapsing in the rankings is the terrible form of her competitors. Rostov were close to Spartak last season and are now emerging from the crisis. Karpin extended his hand to the team, the southerners obtained three victories and a draw.
– Hooligan Karpin against Spartak is always interesting. “Rostov” against Moscow clubs is also part of football culture RPL. Moreover, they have something to boast of, because in the spring there was a draw in Moscow, and before that Karpin had achieved two victories in a row, albeit at home in Rostov-on-Don. It turns out that Abaskal has not yet beaten Rostov in official matches. However, there were only two fights. This is a new and exciting relationship story, especially if Karpin defeats Spartak again.
