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Third matchday in the Russian Premier League and the first derby is already on. With CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow, two city rivals meet. Year after year, Lokomotiv Moscow had struggled to emerge from the shadow of the “big” Moscow clubs like CSKA, Spartak and Dynamo. At the latest after the championship title 2018 Lokomotive has added to the Moscow elite.
After the runner-up last year Lokomotiv Moscow will be represented in the group stage of the premier class and has accordingly invested in the summer. At the showdown between CSKA Moscow vs. Lokomotiv Moscow but the hosts are slightly favored by quotas.
With the Super Cup victory against the St. Petersburg champion, Lokomotiv Moscow has already won a title at the beginning of the new competitive season. The start of the season in the Russian Premier League did not start optimistically with the 1-1 home draw against Rubin Kazan. Also CSKA had with the opening defeat against Samara no successful debut, but could prevail against Orenburg but recently. Qualitatively, both teams have a strong squad available, which is why at the derby between CSKA Moscow vs. Lokomotiv Moscow a forecast on a winner strikes hard. Sunday night, the Moscow derby will kick off in the CSKA arena at 17:00 (CET)!
CSKA Moscow:
For several years, CSKA Moscow has been lagging behind expectations in the Russian Premier League. After the lost championship in 2018, supporters of the Moscow club had hoped for improvement in the new season. With the end of the season as fourth placed CSKA Moscow missed a right to start the Champions League qualification and must therefore in the Europa League. After the failed start to the season just two weeks ago ZSKA does not spray much optimism in this season – while Goncharenko is actually a promising squad available.
Heavy departures were not able to cope in the summer. Top performers such as Mario Fernandes and Fedor Chalov could be kept in the team despite the interest of European top teams. In addition, CSKA Moscow turned the rented Nikola Vlasic into a record shopping club history. Due to the lack of success in the last season will probably not give more reinforcement for the team of Goncharenko. In preparation, there was only one victory against Rubin Kazan in the final friendly. With much rotation from coach Goncharenko could not convince the second guard of CSKA really.
At the first derby of the new season, CSKA Moscow will need a victory against Lokomotiv Moscow. That prediction does not really seem to be obvious after Goncharenko’s recent performances, especially since CSKA have been struggling against teams like Orenburg and Samara. Georgi Schennikov and Alan Dzagoev continue to cure long-term injuries and will not be available to Goncharenko.
Big changes in the starting eleven are not expected. In particular, defending against Lokomotiv Moscow in the derby will require more defensive stability. Goncharenko’s 3-4-2-1 formation will certainly be more defensive in the derby than in the recent league games against Orenburg and Samara.
Locomotive Moscow:
Lokomotiv Moscow has fought out of the shadow of the Moscow clubs and established itself as a top team. After the championship in 2018, there was in the past season with the runner-up the next strong season performance. The success trend under coach Yuri Semin should be continued. This year locomotive starts again directly in the group stage of the premier class, which is why the reigning Russian runner-up has also increased the squad. With the Super Cup success over Zenit St. Petersburg, the Semin-Elf could already record the first title win in the new competitive season.
As a cup winner in 2019 Lokomotiv Moscow could win in the Super Cup against champion Zenit St. Petersburg with a sensational comeback in the closing stages. Miranchuk tied the double in the final quarter hour and secured Lokomotive thus the title win. In a duel on equal terms Lokomotive excelled especially with the strong offensive play. Also in the first two league games, the team of Yuri Semin was not scoreless. The home rematch against Rubin Kazan was surprising after the strong Super Cup performance.
Until now, Semin was able to keep the team structure stable and also lamented no departures in the summer. With Grzegorz Krychowiak of PSG Lokomotiv Moscow has strengthened in midfield significantly. With new additions of Zhivoglyadov and Cerquiera, on the other hand, Semin is expanding its squad. In addition to the Miranchuk brothers in the offensive Coach Semin can rely mainly on his two Goalgetter Eder and Smolov. At the city derby against CSKA, the locomotive coach on Tarasov, Rotenberg and Farfan will have to do without. If his team remain unbeaten in the fourth competitive match of the new season, could be tapped at CSKA Moscow against Lokomotiv Moscow lucrative quotas.
CSKA Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow head to head matches
20.04.19 PL Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow 1 : 1
07.10.18 PL CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow 0 : 1
27.07.18 SC Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow 0 : 1 (0 : 0)
05.11.17 PL Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow 2 : 2
21.07.17 PL CSKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow 1 : 3