Dutch forward Quincy Promes entered Spartak’s starting line-up in the RPL Russia Cup Road match against Lokomotiv. The start time of the match was determined as 20:00 Moscow time.
“Spartacus”People: Maksimenko, Denisov, Chernov, Jikia, Khlusevich, Litvinov, Prutsev, Zobnin, Ignatov, Zinkovsky, Promes.
“Locomotive”: Lantratov, Tiknizyan, Konti, Magkeev, Smolnikov, Karpukas, Miranchuk, Barinov, Pinyaev, Glushenkov, Dziuba.
In the first match played a week ago, the red and white team won 1-0. The team that loses in the shootout will not be eliminated from the tournament, but the bottom rank – the so-called Regions Path – will have a chance to continue the fight. In the final, which will be held in Luzhniki, the winners of the RPL Roads and regions will meet, who will play for the country Cup.
After the first episode of the RPL season, Spartak is in second place with 36 points. Lokomotiv is still one step away from the relegation zone – on line 14.
Former former Lokomotiv Moscow defender Jan Dyuritsa declarationThat Lokomotiv can and should beat the current Spartak.