Spartak Moscow vs FC Khimki Live Stream, Predictions (May 24)

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Spartak Moscow

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Spartak Moscow, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 Premier League victory against Krylia Sovetov.

In that game, Spartak Moscow managed 71% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Spartak Moscow was Pablo Solari (42'). Krylia Sovetov Samara had 6 shots on goal with 3 on target. Vladislav Shitov (22' Own goal) was the scorer for Krylia Sovetov.

Dejan Stanković's Spartak Moscow have scored 7 times over their preceding 6 outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those fixtures stands at 8.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Spartak Moscow:

• haven't been beaten in the league by FC Khimki in their previous 3 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

FC Khimki

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FC Khimki head into the match following on from a 3-2 Premier League win to defeat Rubin Kazan in their last game.

In that match, FC Khimki had 55% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For FC Khimki, the goalscorers were Anton Zabolotny (9') and Aleksandr Rudenko (67', 90'). Rubin Kazan got 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Mirlind Daku (12', 58') scored for Rubin Kazan.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Khimki have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. In defence, FC Khimki certainly have room for improvement. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, though.

Coming into this fixture, FC Khimki are without a win away from home in their last 5 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings dating back to 10/05/2021 shows that Spartak Moscow have won 4 of these and FC Khimki 1, with the number of drawn results being 1.

21 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 15 from Narodnaya komanda and 6 created by Khimki. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 2 on 28/07/2024 when the final score was FC Khimki 1-3 Spartak Moscow.

That day, FC Khimki managed 39% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Butta Magomedov (90').

Spartak Moscow had 22 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Esequiel Barco (49'), Manfred Ugalde (55') and Srđan Babić (72') scored.

The referee was Vasili Kazartsev.

🗞️ Team News: Spartak Moscow

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Spartak Moscow gaffer Dejan Stanković to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Ruslan Litvinov (unknown injury) misses out.

It seems likely that Narodnaya komanda look set to make use of the 4-3-3 formation featuring Ilya Pomazun, Daniil Denisov, Alexis Duarte, Ricardo Mangas, Nikita Chernov, Danil Prutsev, Daniil Khlusevich, Roman Zobnin, Jesús Medina, Mikhail Ignatov and Pablo Solari.

🗞️ Team News: FC Khimki

Thanks to a largely available group, there’s just the sole fitness worry for the FC Khimki gaffer Magomed Adiyev to be concerned about. Diego Luna (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

We are inclined to think that FC Khimki might elect for a 5-4-1 system, giving starts to Nikita Kokarev, Ilya Berkovskiy, Daniel Fernández, Georgiy Dzhikiya, Oleksandr Filin, Danil Stepanov, Zelimkhan Bakaev, Butta Magomedov, Robert Mejía, Lucas Vera and Anton Zabolotny.

✨ Prediction

It’s pretty clear that FC Khimki could really find it hard to find the back of the net against a Spartak Moscow lineup who certainly have the ability to boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We’re therefore predicting a very comprehensive 3-0 win for Spartak Moscow at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 13:06 20/05/2025