CSKA Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Match info:

CSKA Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Competition – Russia Premier League 

Stadium – Arena Khimki

Date:  15th May 2014

Kick-off time – 15:30 GMT+1

Stream –

Lokomotiv Moscow travel to the Arena Khimki this Thursday evening to face rivals CSKA Moscow in what is the biggest game of the season.


Recent form:

Both sides have lost 1 of their last 7.

Form

The Russian Premier League looks like this:

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Krasnodar 15 11 4 0 32 7 +25 37
2 Zenit 15 11 3 1 33 7 +26 36
3 Lokomotiv Moscow 15 11 1 3 30 18 +12 34
4 Dinamo Moscow 15 9 3 3 31 17 +14 30
5 Spartak Moscow 15 8 4 3 25 12 +13 28
6 CSKA Moscow 15 8 3 4 24 10 +14 27
7 Rubin Kazan 15 5 4 6 17 22 -5 19
8 Rostov 15 4 5 6 20 26 -6 17
9 Akron 15 4 4 7 19 30 -11 16
10 Nizhny Novgorod 15 4 3 8 15 27 -12 15
11 Dynamo Makhachkala 15 3 6 6 9 14 -5 15
12 Krylya Sovetov 15 3 3 9 13 23 -10 12
13 Khimki 15 2 6 7 16 28 -12 12
14 Fakel 15 2 6 7 10 23 -13 12
15 Akhmat Grozny 15 1 6 8 13 29 -16 9
16 Orenburg 15 1 5 9 16 30 -14 8

A win for CSKA will give them a good chance of winning the Russian Premier League depending on other results.

A win for Lokomotiv will move them top depending on other results (Zenit).

Head-to-head

These two sides have met 25 times in recent years and CSKA Moscow have come out on top most often.

History

Possible line-ups

CSKA Moscow (4-4-1-1)

Akinfeev
Schennikov
Ignashevich
Berezutski
Fernandes
Milanov
Wernbloom
Elm
Tošić
Dzagoev
Doumbia

Lokomotiv Moscow (4-4-1-1)

Abaev
Yanbayev
Ďurica
Mykhalyk
Shishkin
Tkachev
Sheshukov
Ozdoev
Samedov
Boussoufa
N'Doye

Bookmakers make CSKA Moscow favourites to come out on top in this match.

Odds: CSKA (4/5) Draw (5/2) Lokomotiv (7/2) Gamingtips Prediction – CSKA 1:1 Lokomotiv 

This game sees the two of the best defencive sides in Russia go head-to-head.

CSKA have conceded 26 goals in 29 games while Lokomotiv have conceded 22 goals in 29.

This game also sees two of the highest  scoring teams go head-to-head (CSKA scored 48, Lokomotiv scored 51).

Ultimately being a derby game, this could go either way and with Zenit having a game in hand, both sides need to win to give them a decent chance of winning the Russian Premier League.

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