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INTRODUCTION

Last season Spartak Moscow finished the season with two points more then Krasnodar. Spartak Moscow have to play in the Champions League qualifiers, but since they have already been eliminated, so now together with Krasnodar they will play in the Europa League this season. In the Championships, both teams started with two wins and one defeat.



FK KRASNODAR

They started the season with an away defeat to Rub Kazan going down 2-1. All the goals in that game were scored in the first half. Their only goal of that match was scored by striker Smolov. He did played another round for them and then moved to Lokomotiv Moscow. Now after the departure of Smolov, they have also before that lost the services of Laborde, Joaozinho, Shatov and Granqvist who departed the team. They have brought in the likes of experienced Swedish center-back, as well as Cueva and Ari returns from his loan spell at Lokomotiv Moscow and who will in attack, but that was not enough to cover the players that left the side. And then after the defeat to Rubin Kazan they managed to beat Ural by 2-1 and Ufa by 1-0. In all those three matches they played away from home. As for the team news, Ramirez is out due to suspension, while Petrov is out injured.



SPARTAK MOSCOW

They had a good start to their season and was not beaten in their first three matches. However they were eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League against Greek side PAOK. That means now they will have to play in the Europa League. For the second season in a row they have to now conted to play in the Europa League after failing to clear the obstacle. Against PAOK, they had a lead of 2-0 in Thessaloniki, but were defeated with 3-2 in the first leg, Then in the return leg, Luiz Adriano got the red card in the first half, and the match ended 0-0 which was not good enough for them. In the Championships they made two 1-0 wins and a goalless draw with the current champion Lokomotiv Moscow. They have still not conceded in the Championships and the only match they conceded was in Thessaloniki. In their last match with Anzhi they only celebrated after the guests were left without two players on the pitch. Now for their team news, they will be without goalkeeper Selikh and striker Ananidza, while center-backs Kutepov and Bocchetti, and midfielder Glushakov are rated doubtful.



PAST MEETINGS

Last season Spartak Moscow beat Krasnodar on both occasions.