In the match of the 6th round of the championship of Russia, Khimki will host Lokomotiv Moscow. The match will take place at the Khimki arena on August 20 and will start at 15:00 Moscow time. Khimki – Lokomotiv: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
“Khimki”
The Moscow region club started the season with a draw in the home match with Zenit (1:1). Then Khimki defeated Pari NN at home (3:0) and lost to Rostov (0:1) on the road.
In the 4th round, the Khimki team took over Torpedo (3: 1), following which, unexpectedly for everyone, the club fired the head coach Sergei Yuran.
He was replaced Nikolai Pisarevunder whose leadership the team near Moscow lost at home to Akhmat with a score of 1:3.
Predictions for the Russian Football Championship
With 7 points following 5 rounds “Khimki” are in 7th place in the RPL table. The goal difference is 8-6, 3 goals on Dolgov’s account. On the eve of the team left forward Ademi.
“Locomotive”
In the off-season, the Moscow club signed a contract with a new head coach Josef Zinnbauerwho will formally lead the team.
In the opening match of the RPL, the railway workers at home first shared points with Pari NN (1: 1), and then saved themselves in stoppage time in the match with Rostov (2: 2).
Two subsequent away matches “Locomotive” failed, having received five unanswered goals from Zenit and three from Krasnodar
Returning home, the “railwaymen” saved themselves in stoppage time in the match with “Wings of the Soviets” (1:1) and with 3 points and a goal difference of 4-12 are in 13th place.
Forecast and rate
For the victory of Khimki in this meeting bookmakers give coefficient 2.85for a draw in regular time – 3.45and for the victory of Lokomotiv – 2.50.
Last season, the teams played a 0-0 draw in Khimki, while the hosts won 3-2 at the RZD Arena. In the last 5 face-to-face meetings, Loko won three times and lost only once.
In the last 5 matches in Khimki, Lokomotiv won 2 times and lost 2 times. Forecast: Lokomotiv will not lose a grassroots match.
Interesting options rates “Both will score – no” for 1.66 and TM 2.5 for 1.91.
