As part of one of the matches of the Russian Football Championship, the players of the capital Spartak and Sochi will clash face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this confrontation? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this meeting.
Spartak Moscow
In the offseason, Spartak Moscow's Paolo Vanoli left the club along with the coaching staff. Instead, a young Spanish mentor Guillermo Abascal joined the team. It is worth noting that already with him, the red-whites started with a defeat in the Russian Super Cup from Zenit (0:4), and in the first round Spartak unsuccessfully played with Akhmat (1:1), having won back in the minority. After that, the capital's team managed to win three victories in a row. First, today's guests defeated Orenburg and Krasnodar with the same score 4:1, after which they were able to score three points on the road in a duel with Ural (2:0). As a result, Spartak has 10 points after 4 rounds and shares the first two lines with CSKA.
"Sochi"
In the off-season, the guest team was replaced by a mentor. Now Vadim Garanina has taken the coaching chair, although his functions are formally performed by Alexander Tochilin due to the lack of a license. In the new season, "bars" started with a beautiful victory over "Torpedo" - 3:1. But in the second round, CSKA stood in front of the Southerners, and they lost – 0:3. Then the Southerners defeated "Akhmat" and "Pari NN" with the same score on their field. With 9 points after 4 matches played, Sochi is on the third line, losing to CSKA and Spartak by only 1 point.
Statistics and figures:
- Spartak is the favorite of the meeting;
- The Red-Whites have a 3-match winning streak;
- Sochi has 3 wins in 5 games;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of Sochi.
Forecast
In this match, each of the teams will be able to please their fans. There will be a lot of goals scored, and the total of 2.5 goals will be broken. After all, teams of equal strength will play in the face-to-face match. Such a match is unlikely to end with a score of 0:0.