FC Rostov vs Lokomotiv Moscow

This Monday, Lokomotiv Moscow travels to Rostov on behalf of the 7th day of the Russian championship. Both teams want to win this match to get closer to the top of the table.

FC Rostov vs Lokomotiv Moscow Free Betting Tips

Fifth last year and therefore qualified for the qualifying stages of the Europa League, FC Rostov are a growing team. This year, after 6 days of the championship, the Reapers are 6th in the Russian championship. After an inaugural victory against Tambov (1-0), Rostov suffered two losses against Zenit Saint Petersburg (0-2) and against Dynamo Moscow (0-2). Following these two setbacks, Rostov recovered with two victories without conceding a goal against Ufa (1-0) and Ural (1-0). Finally, Rostov conceded the division of points on the lawn of Krasnodar last week (1-1).

Opposite, Lokomotiv Moscow finished the 2019-2020 season in 2nd place in the Russian championship. Despite this 15-point delay over Zenit, the capital team qualified for the next Champions League. At the start of the season, however, Lokomotiv is in difficulty. After a great start with two wins against Kazan (2-0) and Krasnodar (1-0), Moscow followed with 2 defeats (Spartak, Grozny) and 2 draws (Zenit, Ural). Earlier in the season, Lokomotiv lost the Supercopa against Zenit (1-2).

The staff for FC Rostov vs Lokomotiv Moscow

The locals may be deprived of the excellent starting center-back Dmitri Chistyakov, uncertain, as will international Pavel Mamaev. Uzbek Eldor Shomurodov will be present for this meeting, as will Kento Hashimoto, who has scored two goals this season.

Opposite, the visitors will be deprived of the excellent international defensive midfielder Dmitri Barinov and the Montégrin international striker Djordjevic. Besides, the interesting but fragile Zhivoglyadov is uncertain. In this team, we find players familiar to the general public such as Smolov the striker of the Russian selection, Eder the executioner of the Blues in 2016 at the Euro and Kamano the former Bordeaux. International Anton Miranchuk is the team’s top scorer (2) but his brother Aleksey has joined Atalanta.