Spartak Moscow had a terrible season the previous season, placing ninth after finishing second the season before under Domenico Tedesco. Tedesco departed to become head coach of RB Leipzig, and his replacement, Rui Vitoria, was fired in December. Paolo Vanoli arrived and saw his team improve their league performances as well as reach the Russian Cup final, where they overcame rivals Dinamo Moscow. For the next season, Spartak will be led by former Basel head coach Guille Abascal. Spartak Moscow will be looking for a much better season coming season, and they have the team to achieve so. A top-half finish is required. They started well so far, with 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 matches. Spartak looks good! Sochi on the other side had also a good start into the new season after having a good previous season. Sochi continued to go from strength to strength as Vladimir Fedotov was able to guide his side to a second-placed finish last season, nine points behind champions Zenit. However, there have been some major departures this summer, including Mateo Cassierra, their league-leading striker last season, who has joined Zenit. Rodrigoo, a regular defender, has also joined Zenit in another significant loss. Danila Prokhin, who impressed on loan for Rostov last season, has returned to his native club. Fedotov has also gone to join CSKA Moscow, and the loss of the head coach is expected to be significant. This leavings will be felt in upcoming games, as it wasn't so felt in the first 4 rounds where Sochi won 3 matches (over Torpedo, Akhmat and Nizhny) but the problem should be seen in stronger matches on away ground, as this one today is (Sochi lost 0-3 to CSKA Moscow). Spartak players also wants revenge for last season's loss 0-3 in Sochi. It's hard to play against good side of Sochi but their power will be overshadowed by the power of home team and their motivation to wash the bad taste from the last mutual meeting. Predicting 2-1 or 2-0 home win.

莫斯科斯巴达在上个赛季的表现很糟糕，在上个赛季在多梅尼科·特德斯科的带领下获得第二名之后，排名第九。特德斯科离开成为 RB Leipzig 的主教练，而他的继任者 Rui Vitoria 在 12 月被解雇。 Paolo Vanoli 抵达后见证了他的球队在联赛中的表现有所提升，并在俄罗斯杯决赛中击败了对手莫斯科迪纳摩。下个赛季，斯巴达克将由前巴塞尔主教练吉耶·阿巴斯卡尔率领。莫斯科斯巴达克将在下个赛季寻找一个更好的赛季，他们有球队可以做到这一点。需要上半部分完成。到目前为止，他们开局不错，4场比赛取得3胜1平。斯巴达克看起来不错！另一边的索契在上个赛季表现不错之后，新赛季的开局也不错。索契继续发展壮大，弗拉基米尔·费多托夫上赛季带领球队获得第二名，落后冠军泽尼特 9 分。然而，有今年夏天有一些重要的离开，包括马特奥·卡西拉，上赛季他们的联赛领先前锋，他加入了泽尼特。常规后卫罗德里古也加盟泽尼特，遭遇另一场重大失利。上赛季租借到罗斯托夫的达尼拉·普罗欣（Danila Prokhin）已经回到了他的家乡俱乐部。费多托夫也加入了莫斯科中央陆军，预计主教练的损失将是巨大的。在即将到来的比赛中会感受到这种离开，因为在索契赢得 3 场比赛（战胜鱼雷、阿赫马特和下）的前 4 轮比赛中感觉不到这种情况，但应该在客场更强的比赛中看到这个问题，就像这次今天是（索契0-3负于莫斯科中央陆军）。斯巴达克球员也希望为上赛季在索契0-3的失利报仇雪恨。很难与索契的好一面交手，但他们的力量将被主队的力量和他们洗去上次相互交锋的坏味道的动机所掩盖。预测 2-1 或 2-0 主队获胜。