Saturn Moscow Oblast @ Khimki match preview

By: j | September 19th, 2008

If the last few weeks were known for some brutally tough match-ups, this weekend might be passed-over for matches not quite so challenging. This is definitely one of those as Saturn Moscow Oblast, safely out of the relegation threat face Khimki that will need a epic turnaround to escape playing in the First Division next year.

Recent Form
Khimki – combined (W, 2 D, 3 L)(1 GS, 8 GA)
Aug 9 Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Khimki
Aug 17 Khimki 0 – 2 FC Moscow
Aug 23 Rubin Kazan 2 – 0 Khimki
Aug 29 Khimki 0 – 0 Shinnik Yaroslav
Sep 14 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 3 – 0 Khimki

Khimki – home (1 W, 2 D, 2 L)(4 GS, 7 GA)
Jul 13 Khimki 1 – 4 Zenit St Petersburg
Jul 25 Khimki 2 – 0 Spartak Nalchik
Aug 2 Khimki 1 – 1 Dynamo Moscow
Aug 17 Khimki 0 – 2 FC Moscow
Aug 29 Khimki 0 – 0 Shinnik Yaroslav

Saturn Moscow Oblast – combined (2 W, 1 D, 2 L)(4 GS, 6 GA)
Aug 3 Terek Grozny 1 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 10 Saturn Moscow Oblast 0 – 4 CSKA Moscow
Aug 16 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 24 Saturn Moscow Oblast 2 – 1 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Sep 13 Saturn Moscow Oblast 2 – 0 Tom’ Tomsk

Saturn Moscow Oblast – away (W, D, L)(GS, GA)
May 15 Spartak Moscow 1 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Jul 16 Rubin Kazan 0 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Jul 30 Samara Kryliya Sovetov 4 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 3 Terek Grozny 1 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 16 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 – 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast

Oblast has shown the ability to play some good quality Football and today is a perfect opportunity for them to grab three points. However there is this one little thing – they haven’t scored on the road in nearly six-hundred minutes! So maybe this isn’t such a lock after-all.

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