CSKA Moscow vs Sparta Prague Preview

CSKA Moscow meet Sparta Prague at the Arena Khimki this Tuesday evening in the Champions league in what should be a good opportunity for CSKA Moscow to make it through to the play-off stages of the Champions League.

CSKA come into this tie in good form domestically with recent wins over Rubin Kazan and Kryliya Sovetov – they have conceded just 1 goal in their last 5 games in all competitions.

Sparta Prague come into this tie off a disappointing 0:0 against Vysocina Jihlava in a game where they were heavy favourites to come out on top.  Prior to that, Sparta Prague has played 3 friendly games where they won 2 and drew 1. 

Sparta Prague failed to qualify for the Champions league last year aftering losing to Malmo in the play-offs – prior to that, they haven’t been involved in any Champions League football since 2010.

CSKA Moscow have featured in the Champions League for 6 years in a row – last year they were part of a very strong group that featured Roma, Bayern Munich and Manchester City – they did however manage to beat Manchester City at the Eithad Stadium and hold them to a draw at home along with Roma.

Ultimately the Russian Premier League is much stronger than the first Czech league and CSKA Moscow should be able to win comfortably.

Bookmakers make them a solid 4/7 favourite, while the draw is 13/5 and if you fancy Sparta Prague to upset, they are currently trading at odds of 11/2.

This match gets underway at 17:15 and is being streamed live by .

Tuesday 28th July:

CSKA Moscow (Russia) – Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)

Milsami (Moldova) – Skenderbeu (Albania)

Midtjylland (Denmark) – APOEL (Greek Cypriot Adm.)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) – Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

Panathinaikos (Greece) – Club Brugge (Belgium)

Fenerbahce (Turkey) – Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Young Boys (Switzerland) – Monaco (France)

Videoton (Hungary) – BATE (Belarus)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) – Molde (Norway

Wednesday July 29th

HJK (Finland) – Astana (Kazakhstan)

Salzburg (Austria) – Malmo (Sweden)

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) – Partizan (Serbia)

Celtic (Scotland) – Qarabag (Azerbaijan)

Lech Poznan (Poland) – Basel (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien (Austria) – Ajax (Netherlands)