The match between Ufa and Khimki will open the program of the next round of the Russian Football Championship. On whose side will the victory be in the upcoming confrontation? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this meeting.
"Ufa"
"Ufa" holds the most difficult start of the championship. If you look at the opponents of the team from Bashkortostan, it is difficult to think of where in their matches the team could cling to points at all, but Stukalov's wards managed to do it. After two offensive defeats from CSKA and Dynamo, the hosts shared points with Lokomotiv and Zenit, and they were able to win against Nizhny Novgorod at all. Alas, these feats were completely crossed out by defeats in meetings with the "Wings of the Soviets" and "Sochi" (1: 2 and 1: 3, respectively). Now the team from Ufa is located on the 14th line in the standings.
Khimki
The players of" Khimki " gave out a wonderful last season and were able to truly surprise with their performances. However, this season things are not going well, because only Krasnodar managed to beat (1:0). In the matches with Zenit and Spartak, the team lost, and drew with Rostov, Rubin and Nizhny Novgorod. Such results allow the "red-black" to be located only on the 13th line in the standings of the national championship
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Disqualifications:
- Zhuravlev (red card) – Ufa.
- Injuries:
- Tabidze (knee) – Ufa.
Statistics and figures:
- Ufa is the favorite of the meeting;
- Ufa have a 3-match series without a win;
- "Khimki" does not know victories during 5 meetings;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of Khimki;
- The opponents have never played a draw in their history.
Forecast
It is worth noting that the opponents have never played a draw in their history. In recent years, Khimki have been acting confidently in matches against Ufa, it is the fact of a 2-match winning streak over Ufa that gives me the right and the installation to make a forecast in favor of the guests.