Lokomotiv Moscow – FK Krasnodar – In addition to the Sunday derby between CSKA and Zenith in Moscow, this is certainly the most interesting pair of the 14th Russian Premier League, as the second Lokomotiv from Moscow and Krasnodar, which has five points left behind. But what is more important to point out is that the guests from Krasnodar will receive this match after three linked defeats, while in the last four matches with Lokomotiv they have only one win and three defeats.
Lokomotiv Moskva
However, Krasnodar’s only victory happened just last year in Moscow, so the Lokomotiva footballers would now be only motivated to return to their reciprocal rehearsals. However, they also received this match after their first defeat of 1: 0 on Ufa’s visit, while four days ago in the third round of the European League they played 1: 1 at the Moldavian Sherpa Champions League, which still left them in the lead position group, with five winning points.
Otherwise, Lokomotiv had two fixtures in the championship before this defeat, which is actually currently occupying a high position on the table, with only two points less than the leading Zenit, but also two more than the CSKA rival. As for the situation with the playmaker, Semin coach has been unable to count on the injured Coach and attacker Ariy for a while, whereas in contrast to the Sherif match this time the young midfielder Miranchuk should be ready.
Probable initial composition of Lokomotiva: Guilherme – Ignatjev, Kvirkvelia, Pejčinović, V.Denisov – I.Denisov, Tarasov – Farfan, Miranchuk, Fernandes – Eder
FK Krasnodar
For the guests from Krasnodar we have already said that this derby meeting with Lokomotiv will be welcomed after three linked defeats in the championship, which actually led to their fall from second to fourth place on the table. However, Shalimova coach’s choice was in fact all the way down after the elimination of the Russian Cup by Tom Tomska, so that in the Premier League there would be domestic defeats from Zenita and CSKA, and at the Arsenal from Tule.
That is why it will be very interesting to see that they will set against another team from the very top of the table, especially since they managed to beat them in Moscow last year, and they also broke the unfortunate series of three defeats in Lokomotivos. Otherwise, in the start-up of Krasnodar, the experienced midfielder Kabora would have to return after the expiration of the suspension, while Martynovich and Strandberg, as well as the midfielder Okriashvili, were still injured.
Lokomotiv Moskva – FK Krasnodar Tip
Both teams are in a certain result crisis, with Krasnodar still having some big problems because he has tied four defeats, so that even for them to play in this match was good, while on the other side Lokomotiv is definitely looking for a new triumph in order to kept the connection to the leading Zenit.
PREDICTION:FK Krasnodar win @ 1.76
