The Russian Premier league action this week with FC Rostov facing Spartak Moscow.
Rostov missed out on a European qualification spot in the previous season and they would look to resurrect that specially by focusing on their weakness in the last season which was lack of goals. They began their campaign with a win over Orenburg 2-1.
Spartak Moscow, on the other hand stood 5th and qualified for the Europa league which was a good result for them. Spartak also got off to a winning start beating Sochi.
Here’s a look at the game
Where will the match be played?
This match is to be played at the Rostov Arena
What time does the match between FC Rostov vs Spartak Moscow start?
The clash will take place at July 21, 2019, 00:00 AM, IST.
FC Rostov– L L LW L W
Spartak Moscow –W D L D W W
In the Last 6 matches
FC Rostov– 3
Spartak Moscow -2
Draws – 1
Rostov
Spartak Moscow
FC Rostov
Pesjakov, Chernov, Sigurdsson, Chistyakov, Kozlov, Normann, Bayramyan, Eremenko, Popov, Ionov, Shomurodov
Spartak Moscow:
Maksimenko, Lucas, Dzhikiya, Gigot, Rasskazov, Zobnin, Fernando, Lomovitskiy, Ananidze, Bakaev, Adriano
Eldor Shomurodov
The Rostov team lacked goals in the previous season and will look at their main striker, Eldor Shomurodov to bridge that gap for the team. He scored in the previous game as well
Goals -3 Assists – 1
Ivelin Popov
The Bulgarian player needs goals in this tournament. He is already 31 and needs to peak in this season beginning from this season.
Goal – 1 Assists -1
X factor – Mathias Normann, Normann needs to figure out a way of contributing goals from midfield. He is good with assists but needs to begin scoring.
Goal :0 Assists :3
Luiz Adriano.
The Brazilian is a prolific scorer and will look to get his goal scoring form going in this game and start contributing for the season.. His stats in the previous season were as follows
Goals :6 Assists :5
Zelimkhan Bakaev
He was on loan in the previous season to Arsenal Tula and impressed there to come back into the team. His stats were as below
Goals : 8 Assists :0
X Factor – Fernando, the Brazilian midfielder is a versatile player who can contribute in midfield as well as in the creative aspect. He scored 3 and assisted in 2 goals in the previous year
Should be a tight game with Spartak Moscow winning 1-0
The team is based on the aforementioned Fantasy Football Picks and X-Factor Star.
Team 1
Team 2