Baltika Kaliningrad are the guests at VEB Arena on Friday for the Premier League game with hosts CSKA Moscow.
View all CSKA Moscow v Baltika Kaliningrad tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
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CSKA Moscow
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CSKA Moscow will be looking for a repeat result of a 3-1 Premier League triumph versus Lokomotiv Moscow.
In that match, CSKA Moscow managed 43% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For CSKA Moscow, the goals were scored by Danila Kozlov (35') and Danil Krugovoy (91'). Lokomotiv Moscow had 17 shots at goal with 3 on target. Maksim Nenakhov (57' Own goal) and Aleksandr Silyanov (70') scored for Lokomotiv Moscow.
It’s been all too rare in recent games where CSKA Moscow haven’t conceded. The reality is that CSKA Moscow have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 7 goals in the process. We will just have to find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.
Baltika Kaliningrad
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Dynamo Moscow in Premier League competition, Baltika Kaliningrad and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, Baltika Kaliningrad had 48% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Baltika Kaliningrad was Lacerda (55'). Dynamo Moscow got 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Gomes (8') and Konstantin Tyukavin (71') scored for Dynamo Moscow.
The stats don’t lie, and Baltika Kaliningrad have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals in total. Defensively, Baltika Kaliningrad have seen their frailties exposed.
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Head to head
The last league encounter between these clubs was Premier League match day 21 on 14/03/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Baltika Kaliningrad 1-0 CSKA Moscow.
On that occasion, Baltika Kaliningrad had 37% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Brayan Gil (63').
For their opponents, CSKA Moscow had 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Kirill Levnikov.
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Team News: CSKA Moscow
We are thinking that Armeytsy will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring Vladislav Torop, Milan Gajic, Matvey Lukin, Kirill Danilov, Matheus Reis, Matvey Kislyak, Dmitriy Barinov, Danil Krugovoy, Ivan Oblyakov, Danila Kozlov and Maksim Voronov.
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Team News: Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltika Kaliningrad manager Andrei Talalayev has a number of players out of action. Aleksandr Filin (Cruciate ligament tear), Brayan Gil (Foot surgery) and Yaroslav Arbuzov (Ligament stretching) are not ready for selection.
From our viewpoint, Baltika Kaliningrad will likely begin the game with a 3-4-3 system, giving starts to Egor Lyubakov, Sergey Varatynov, Eduardo Anderson, Nathan Gassama, Eldar Civic, Aymane Mourid, Ivan Belikov, Mingiyan Beveev, Maksim Petrov, Chinonso Offor and Nikolay Titkov.
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Prediction
Here is a game where Baltika Kaliningrad could well find it tough to score against this CSKA Moscow side who we think will get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re going for a narrow 1-0 victory for CSKA Moscow when the referee blows for full-time.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Victor Martins,
00:03 21/07/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
CSKA Moscow
Formed: 1911
Stadium: VEB Arena (29,071)
Captain: Igor Akinfeev
Chairman: Evgeniy Giner
Manager: Dmitriy Igdisamov