Lokomotiv Moscow v Samara Kryliya Sovetov match preview

By: j | August 8th, 2008

Lokomotiv Moscow and Samara Kryliya Sovetov are neck-in-neck in the table race, holding down the fifth and sixth position with only a point apart. However Lokomotive faces one of most difficult tasks in the league as they head into Samara and looking to climb up the table.

Recent Form (prior five matches)
Lokomotiv Moscow – combined (1 W, 2 D, 2 L) (8 GS, 8 GA)
July 6 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 – 1 Amkar Perm’
July 13 Dinamo Moscow 4 – 2 Lokomotiv Moscow
July 19 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 2 Spartak Moscow
July 23 Zenit St Petersburg 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
July 27 FC Moscow 0 – 3 Lokomotiv Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow – away (1 W, 2 D, 2 L) (7 GS, 8 GA)
April 20 CSKA Moscow 0 – 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
May 16 Khimki 2 – 2 Lokomotiv Moscow
July 13 Dinamo Moscow 4 – 2 Lokomotiv Moscow
July 23 Zenit St Petersburg 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
July 27 FC Moscow 0 – 3 Lokomotiv Moscow

Samara Kryliya Sovetov – combined ( 1 W, 4 D, L) ( 7 GS, 3 GA)
July 5 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 2 – 2 Rubin Kazan
July 12 YFK Shinnik Yaroslav 0 – 0 Samara Kryliya Sovetov
July 19 Spartak Nalchik 1 – 1 Samara Kryliya Sovetov
July 30 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 4 – 0 Saturn Moscow
Aug 3 CSKA Moscow 0 – 0 Samara Kryliya Sovetov

Samara Kryliya Sovetov – home (3 W, 2 D, L) (10 GS, 3 GA)
April 19 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 3 – 0 Tom’ Tomsk
May 2 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 2 – 0 Amkar Perm’
May 11 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 1 – 1 Spartak Moscow
July 5 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 2 – 2 Rubin Kazan
July 30 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 4 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast

Quite simply and to the point, as much as I like Lokomotiv over the long haul, Samara Kryliya Sovetov is a beast at home, dismantling Saturn Moscow Oblast recently and keeping CSKA Moscow’s powerful offense in check last week. The squads met in the third week of the season with Lokomotiv winning 2-0 at home on two late goal. However Samara Kryliya Sovetov has changed from a 4-5-1 to a 3-5-2 of late, focusing on counter-attacks and new Yevgeny Savin, Jan Koller striker combination has a great deal of promise. For Lokomotiv to get untracked the midfield duo of Diniyar Bilyaletdinov and Dmitri Torbinski they will need to play tight defensively and wait for over-committal to counter-attack. However they will look to equally shut down Samara Kryliya Sovetov and come out with at least a point.

This will be an exciting, hard-tackling match that you don’t want to miss out on later today.