Athletistic/ Football. In the match of the 8th round of the championship of Russia “Spartak” will meet “Zenith”.
The starting whistle at the Otkritie Arena stadium in Moscow will sound at 8:00 p.m. Moscow time.
From the first minutes, the following players will play:
“Spartacus”: Maksimenko, Denisov, Chernov, Jikia, Khlusevich, Litvinov, Martins, Zobnin, Ignatov, Promes, Sobolev.
“Zenith”: Kerzhakov, Karavaev, Douglas Santos, Lovren, Rodrigao, Kuzyaev, Mostovoy, Barrios, Wendel, Malcolm, Cassier.
Teams will be judged by referee Pavel Kukuyan. Bookmakers consider the team from St. Petersburg as the favorite.
Before the start of the 8th round, Zenit led the standings with 17 points, while Spartak was one point behind the blues-whites-blues.
Previously, a match of legends was held in Moscow. Red and white defeated the club from St. Petersburg with the score 2:1. The meeting took place on September 2.
Zenit and Spartak met in July in the match for the Russian Super Cup. Then the blue-white-blue defeated the wards of Guillermo Abascal with the score 4:0.
Online broadcast of the text of the match “Spartak” – “Zenith” is available at the link.
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