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CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-2 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Terek Grozny.

In that match, CSKA Moscow managed 53% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for CSKA Moscow was Fyodor Chalov (62'). At the other end, Akhmat Grozny got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Mohamed Konaté (79') and Bernard Berisha (87') scored for Terek Grozny.

CSKA Moscow have not been the best at stopping their opponents of late, but they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, CSKA Moscow have conceded in 5 of them while also scoring in 6 of those matches. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued here, though.

Going into this one, CSKA Moscow have left without a victory over Spartak Moscow in their last 3 league matches.

Spartak Moscow

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Spartak Moscow will come into the game following on from a 1-5 Premier League win vs FC Rostov in their last outing.

In that game, Spartak Moscow had 46% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Spartak Moscow, goals were scored by Daniil Khlusevich (16'), Jesús Medina (54', 60'), Christopher Martins (76') and Théo Bongonda (94'). Rostov had 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Yegor Golenkov (36') was the scorer for FC Rostov.

Guillermo Abascal's Spartak Moscow have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 5 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those matches comes to 5.

Going into this encounter, Spartak Moscow have not emerged victorious against CSKA Moscow when having played them away from home in the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 25/04/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with CSKA Moscow winning 2 of those games, Spartak Moscow 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 of them from Armeytsy and 7 netted by Narodnaya komanda. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league match between these sides was Premier League match day 11 on 08/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Spartak Moscow 2-2 CSKA Moscow.

On that day, Spartak Moscow managed 60% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Quincy Promes (39') and Jesús Medina (96').

For their opponents, CSKA Moscow got 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Milan Gajić (31', 60') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Kirill Levnikov.

📰 Team News: CSKA Moscow

Maksim Mukhin (Cruciate ligament tear) and Egor Ushakov (surgery) will not be taking part for CSKA Moscow boss Vladimir Fedotov. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Igor Diveev and Willyan Rocha.

📰 Team News: Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow has some current player fitness concerns. Roman Zobnin (Muscle injury) and Victor Moses (unknown injury) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

It seems to us that Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow could both find themselves scoring on more than one occasion in a potential goal-fest with little between the two teams.

Let’s see how it plays out, but we expect to see goals and there is to be a real possibility it will end up level. That’s why our selection here is for a very competitive encounter with a score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 17:07 25/04/2024