The Winline Winter RPL Cup begins in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Spartak Moscow and Rostov football club will meet in the first round. How will the upcoming duel end? We'll figure it out.
"Rostov"
Rostov went on a winter break, taking third place in the Russian Premier League standings from the leading Zenit by seven points. During the 17 games played, Valery Karpin's wards won ten victories, drew five times and suffered only two defeats. Let me remind you that before the start of the season, the club from the banks of the Don lost the hands of all foreign players, except for the Armenian midfielder Khoren Bayramyan. Rostov held two friendly matches at the training camp, in which they defeated Bunyodkor (4:0) and Johor (2:0) from Malaysia.
Spartak Moscow
Spartak, after taking over as head coach Guillermo Abascal, has significantly improved its game compared to last season, when the team finished the championship in tenth position. At the moment, the capital's club is in the second position, losing six points to Zenit. It is worth noting that he hit the opponents' goal 40 times in 17 games, which is the second indicator among all clubs. During the transfer window, Alexis Duarte and Tomas Tavares joined the camp of the "red-whites", and defenders Miha Mevlya and Nikolai Rasskazov left. Keita Balde, who was disqualified, also joined the training process. Spartak also played two friendly matches, in which they beat AGMK (3:1) from Uzbekistan and Bulgarian Botev (1:0).
Forecast
- Spartak is the favorite of the match according to bookmakers;
- Both teams played two friendly matches at the training camp and won two victories each;
- In the first round of the RPL "Rostov" won at home with a score of 4:2
Forecast
I think that the match will be interesting, because both teams are working fruitfully during the winter training camps. I suggest betting that Rostov will not lose in the main time, because they have a more balanced game, and the capital club needs to try to launch newcomers into the cage, besides, the leader Quincy Promes, who did not go to the training camp, will not play in the match.
