Rubin Kazan @ Spartak Moscow match preview

By: j | September 20th, 2008

Not quite the match-of-the-day but wait till next season when Spartak Moscow’s new manager Michael Laudrup has had a full off-season to work some magic. However thats in the future and Kurban Berdyev is closing in on a remarkable story of leading Rubin Kazan to the championship and a slip-up doesn’t appear to be in the cards.

Recent Form
Rubin Kazan – combined (W, D, L)(11 GS, 4 GA)
Aug 10 Rubin Kazan 4 – 1 Zenit St Petersburg
Aug 15 Tom’ Tomsk 1 – 2 Rubin Kazan
Aug 23 Rubin Kazan 2 – 0 Khimki
Aug 31 Amkar Perm’ 1 – 2 Rubin Kazan
Sep 14 Rubin Kazan 1 – 0 Dynamo Moscow

Rubin Kazan – away (W, 3 D,2 L)(7 GS, 5 GA)
Jul 5 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 2 – 2 Rubin Kazan
Jul 20 Terek Grozny 0 – 0 Rubin Kazan
Aug 3 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 – 1 Rubin Kazan
Aug 15 Tom’ Tomsk 1 – 2 Rubin Kazan
Aug 31 Amkar Perm’ 1 – 2 Rubin Kazan

Spartak Moscow – combined (1 W, 3 D, 1 L)(6 GS, 6 GA)
Aug 9 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Khimki
Aug 17 Amkar Perm’ 1 – 1 Spartak Moscow
Aug 23 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Dynamo Moscow
Aug 31 Spartak Moscow 2 – 1 Spartak Nalchik
Sep 13 FC Moscow 2 – 1 Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow – away (2 W, 3 D, L)(7 GS, 5 GA)
Jul 19 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 – 2 Spartak Moscow
Aug 2 Tom’ Tomsk 0 – 1 Spartak Moscow
Aug 9 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Khimki
Aug 23 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Dynamo Moscow
Aug 31 Spartak Moscow 2 – 1 Spartak Nalchik

Rubin Kazan are quite obviously, running away with the Russian championship. Sergei Semak is playing some of the best Football of his career and ex-Dynamo Kyiv-man Serhiy Rebrov is playing like he was in the 90’s. McBeth and Gökdeniz Karadeniz are producing in the attack while Sergei Ryzhikov is one of the best ‘keepers in Russia.

I will report on it with my weekend round-up of the Russian Premier League.