FC Khimki v Spartak Moscow match preview

This is Spartak’s match to win and in their race for the table they likely couldn’t have a more suitable opponent. Let’s look at the recent form but with the match set to go in roughly sixty minutes, Spartak should be primed and ready to take three points.

Recent Form (prior five matches)
FC Khimki – combined ( 1 W, 2 D, 2 L) ( 6 GS, 9 GA)
July 5 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 – 1 Khimki
July 13 FC Khimki 1 – 4 Zenit St Petersburg
July 19 Tom’ Tomsk 3 – 1 Khimki
July 25 Khimki 2 – 0 Spartak Nalchik
August 2 Khimki 1 – 1 Dinamo Moscow

FC Khimki – away ( 0W, 2D, 3L) ( 9 GS, 12 GA)
April 18 YFK Shinnik Yaroslav 3 – 2 Khimki
May 3 Saturn Moscow 2 – 2 Khimki
May 11 CSKA Moscow 4 – 3 Khimki
July 5 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 – 1 Khimki
July 19 Tom’ Tomsk 3 – 1 Khimki

Spartak Moscow – combined ( 2 W, 1 D, 2 L) ( 5 GS, 10 GA)
July 6 Terek Grozny 3 – 1 Spartak Moscow
July 12 Spartak Moscow 1 – 5 CSKA Moscow
July 19 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 2 Spartak Moscow
July 27 Spartak Moscow 3 – 0 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Aug 2 Tom’ Tomsk 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow – home (3 W, 1 D, 1 L) (10 GS, 8 GA)
April 27 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 FC Moscow
May 6 Spartak Moscow 4 – 2 YFK Shinnik Yaroslav
May 15 Spartak Moscow 1 – 0 Saturn Moscow
July 12 Spartak Moscow 1 – 5 CSKA Moscow
July 27 Spartak Moscow 3 – 0 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

The clubs played to a 3-3 draw in the third week of the season but since then Khimki has had numerous problems and displayed poor defensively play on the road. This is Spartak’s match and they need to come out very agressively as Khimki tends to fall apart with an once scored upon. Simply stated, this is the best offensive attack against the worst defense and a couple that with the fact that Khimki doesn’t play well on the road, Spartak should come out with three points in their quest for the title but Khimki cannot be allowed to gain confidence or this match will turn. Khimki can reverse this fortune though, if they are patient, mark tight and stack the midfield with counter-attacking in their mind-set. Spartak’s own defensive woes are their biggest problem and Austrian International Martin Stranzl and Martin Jiránek need to shore up the weak line. If you’re watching the match, keep a close eye towards Roman Pavluchenko and one of the most exciting young players that should be high on everyones transfer list, Vladimir Bystrov.

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