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

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Spartak Moscow

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Spartak Moscow will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-2 Premier League success versus Krylia Sovetov.

In that match, Spartak Moscow managed 71% possession and 17 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Spartak Moscow was Pablo Solari (42'). For their opponents, Krylia Sovetov Samara had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Vladislav Shitov (22' Own goal) scored 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 go into this clash following on from a 3-2 Premier League win with the eclipse of Rubin Kazan in their most recent match.

In that game, FC Khimki had 55% possession and 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For FC Khimki, goals were scored by Anton Zabolotny (9') and Aleksandr Rudenko (67', 90'). For their opponents, Rubin Kazan had 15 attempts on 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

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 10/05/2021 shows us that Spartak Moscow have won 4 of these and FC Khimki 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 15 of them for Narodnaya komanda and 6 being from Khimki. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 2 on 28/07/2024 when it ended FC Khimki 1-3 Spartak Moscow.

On that occasion, FC Khimki managed 39% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Butta Magomedov (90').

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

The match was refereed by Vasili Kazartsev.

🗞️ Team News: Spartak Moscow

There is just the sole fitness concern for the Spartak Moscow gaffer Dejan Stanković to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Ruslan Litvinov (unknown injury) will miss out.

It’s our opinion that Narodnaya komanda will probably employ a 4-3-3 formation and select 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 full-strength group of players, there is just a single fitness problem for the FC Khimki gaffer Magomed Adiyev to contend with. Diego Luna (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

We’re of the thinking that FC Khimki could decide to make use of a 5-4-1 lineup using 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, 06:01 20/05/2025