Second-place CSKA Moscow will be visiting the Central Stadium of Yekaterinburg to face FC Ural this Saturday.
FC Ural currently resides at the sixth spot in the table and would like to narrow down the six points deficit between them and the top four.
Match Details:
Date- Sunday, September 29
Time of Kick-Off- 2:00 PM IST
Venue- Central Stadium of Yekaterinburg
FC Ural Team News
After playing 10 league games FC Ural finds themselves at the sixth spot with 14 points on the board.
Ural is six points away from Lokomotiv Moscow and FC Krasnodar as both clubs have 20 points each and reside at fourth and fifth place.
FC Ural is fresh from a 2-0 win against Chernomorets in the Russian Cup Round of 32 with Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring a brace.
Victor Alvarez, Igor Gorbatenko and Goran Causic are doubts to feature against CSKA Moscow.
CSKA Moscow Team News
CSKA is on a run of four consecutive wins in the league after enduring a 2-1 defeat to Spartak Moscow in mid-September.
CSKA, just like FC Ural is fresh from a 3-1 win in the Russian Cup against Spartak Vladikavkaz.
Victor Goncharenko has a lot on his plate in terms of players sidelined due to injuries.
Georgy Schennikov, Dmitri Efremov, Krill Nababkin, and Cedric Gogoua are all ruled out for the FC Ural clash.
Centre-half Cedric Gogoua has sustained a hip injury and remains a long term absentee.
Predicted Lineups
FC Ural- Godzyur; Merkulov, Polyakov, Emelyanov, Kulakov; Dimitrov, Augustyniak, Bavin, Kabir; Ilyin, Panyukov
CSKA Moscow- Akinfeev; Sarlija, Diveev, Karpov; Fernandes, Vlasic, Akhmetoc, Bistrovic, Kuchaev; Sigurdsson, Chalov
Key Points
In the last five meetings between the two teams, CSKA Moscow has had the bigger say with five wins, while FC Ural hasn’t won a game in that period.
CSKA Moscow has kept a clean sheet in their last seven games against Ural.
CSKA Moscow has won 11 of the last 12 games against FC Ural in all competitions.
Top Picks
Croatian midfielder, Nikola Vlasic has been driving force from midfield with four goals and an assist in 10 appearances this season.
Fedor Chalov can pose a threat up top against Ural. Chalov has scored four goals and made two assists in 10 games so far.
Othman El Kabir at attacking midfield has made an impact for FC Ural in limited games this season. Kabir has contributed by scoring three goals and while also registering two assists in six appearances for Ural.
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