Highly Anticipated Matches in the Third Round of the Russian Cup: Spartak vs Dynamo and More

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Orenburg

Russia

Voronezh last year, for all their combativeness in the championship, did not show anything at all in the Cup, but there they also got the toughest group: Zenit, Spartak and Wings of the Soviets. This time, CSKA, Sochi and Orenburg were in the quartet with Fakel. The home defeat from Sochi with a score of 1:3 prompted the idea that the Cup was not very interesting for the team even now, but then the “flammable” beat CSKA in Moscow (2:0). Now all the teams in the group have three points each, and Fakel may well fight even for reaching the playoffs of the RPL Path.

Orenburg in the debut match of David Deogracia, who replaced Jiri Yaroshik on the coaching bridge, showed good football and achieved a home draw with the same CSKA. However, trips to Voronezh are quite difficult, and it is not yet clear how the Orenburgers with a new coach will prove themselves in a foreign field. In addition, the Evseev team has played the last two matches of the RPL to zero, scoring four points just in Voronezh, and on the wave of success it may well continue the series and compete here for the victory.

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Spartak M

Russia

Dynamo M

Russia

Spartak and Dynamo are in first and second place in the group, respectively. In previous cup matches, both teams were very hot, and they snatched victories on the flag and with absolutely insane scores – red-white 5:4 for Nizhny Novgorod, and white-blue 4:3 for Krasnodar. At the same time, Spartak played 0-0 with Akhmat this weekend, although both had plenty of chances, especially in the second half. This is the only match of the Abascal team so far, in which “both teams to score” did not go through. But Dynamo, leading 2:1 at Rubin in Kazan, conceded in the 95th minute and played another productive match with Lichka, and also lost points for the first time in four rounds. We will not guess about the outcome of the game here, but the probability of an exchange of goals is high. At the same time, it is unlikely that there will be a lot of goals scored, so you should not take a big total.

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Baltic

Russia

To be honest, it’s a little unclear why such a high coefficient is given for the success of the Petersburgers. Yes, Baltika won both previous matches in the group, and on the road, and even leads the group due to the greater number of goals scored – but Zenit has not lost points in the Cup yet, and has already won three meetings in the RPL in a row.

At the same time, the champion dealt with Spartak on the road and defeated the strong-started Ural at home, while the Kaliningraders, although they give everyone a fight, have so far scored only three points, having won on their field against Fakel in the third round. Even with a mixed squad, the Semak team has a good chance of winning on the road – especially since Zenit is closer to Kaliningrad than any other RPL team.

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Lokomotiv M

Russia

This season, Lokomotiv’s goals are mostly given with a creak. If we take out the defeat of Fakel with a score of 4: 1, then the team has six goals scored in five matches of the RPL. At the same time, both with Krylia and Krasnodar, the railway workers miraculously escaped in stoppage time, pulling out a draw with a score of 1: 1, although they were inferior in both matches. In the last round, Dzyuba returned to the field and made an assist discount for Glushenkov, but the extravaganza did not work out there either – 1:0 with Sochi. In the Cup, Loko also has two forced victories (2:1 and 1:0).

Rostov’s attack is even worse – only seven goals scored in six rounds, and one more in the Cup. True, Karpin’s team regularly scores and scores points in their field, but now absolutely nothing works out on the road. At the same time, TB 3 in Rostov has not yet broken through this season, and both larger scores were defeats of the Rostovites on the road. Railway workers now definitely do not look like a team that can score a lot against Rostov. We do not expect a productive game here.