Russian Football Premier League 13 round.

Hello dear readers! I am starting a review of the 13th round of the Russian football championship. We start with a match between Akhmat Grozny and Spartak Moscow. In the first minutes, in principle, there was an equal game: the teams exchanged moments. But at 30
minute Denis Glushakov, playing a small wall with Quincy Promes, and then
having received a return pass, he opened an account. 0-1. After that, the game changed a little.
I would say she became more equal. Akhmat began to attack more and had several chances to equalize the score. However, before the break, the score did not change anymore. 0-1. In the second half, Akhmat continued to look for his chances in the 60th minute.
a penalty was awarded to Spartak's goal and Rodolfo converted it. So the account became
1-1. However, already in the next attack, Spartak again took the lead: Glushakov
gave a pass to Adriano, he gave a pass to Melgarejo and he again brought Spartak forward. 1-2. After that, Mbeng, the striker Akhmat, had a moment to recoup, but he hit the crossbar. As a result - 1-2 in favor of Spartak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wajzyXGV1Uw
The next match is Dynamo Moscow-SKA-Khabarovsk. Dynamo started more actively. Already
on the 18th minute Sergey Tashaev opened the scoring. 1-0. After that, Dynamo had a complete
advantage in moments, fully owned the initiative, created chances. Khabarovsk residents counterattacked more. In the second half, the most dangerous moments were
to emerge closer to the end: on the 75th minute, Khabarovsk defender Dmitry Grishko shot dangerously at Dynamo's goal, but hit the crossbar. And at 78 minutes cool
long-range shot was marked by Alexander Tashaev, making the score 2-0. After that, especially
there were no dangerous moments in this game - 2-0 in favor of Dynamo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkaEx0iiHw8
The Yekaterinburg Urals hosted the Makhachkala Anji. The first dangerous moment arose at the gates of the Urals on the 12th minute, when Makhachkala residents hit the post. After that, Makhachkala residents seized the initiative a little, and had a couple of dangerous moments
in order to open an account. However, before the break, the account was never opened. The Makhachkala residents started the second half more actively, there they had one attack, when they
they hit both the post and the crossbar, but the goal never happened. And at 56
minute Ural earned a free kick at the gate of Anji and Bikfalvi opened the scoring. In the next
30 minutes did not bring any super dangerous moments. And at the 87th minute, a cool blow
from a long distance, Vladimir Ilyin got it, so the score became 2-0. Literally a minute later, Makhachkala residents got the right to a corner, and Sergey Bryzgalov reduced
lagging behind - 2-1, but Anji did not have enough players for more. 2-1 - victory of the Urals. Https://www.youtube.com/watch? V = drFeImubtTI
The next 4 matches ended with the same score 1-0. Krasnodar at home
hosted CSKA. And alas Krasnodar lost 0-1. So it is already
the third loss in a row for Krasnodar. Although in the first half Krasnodar
looked no worse than CSKA. Krasnodar attacked a lot, created chances, and
there was a feeling that Krasnodar was outplaying CSKA. Here are just a few moments to create, mx must be hammered. Well, if you do not score, they will score for you. And at 38 minutes
Alexey Berezutsky scored a ridiculous goal against Krasnodar, with a rebound, it is not clear how, but he scored. In the second half, there was an absolutely equal game, chances arose, and at both gates, however, the score did not change anymore. 0-1 - victory for CSKA. Https://www.youtube.com/watch? V = SH7ZTX_thiE
Ufa Prybaa Moscow Locomotive. The result of this match is rather unexpected:
The Ufa team won 1-0. This is not to say that there were many moments in this match that should be written off in detail. In this match there was more struggle, more collisions, some such moments. Someone to highlight in this match,
to say that someone is better playing, and someone worse, too, in principle, it is impossible. That's why
I will only say that Ufa won 1-0, the decisive goal in the 76th minute was scored by Sylvester Igbun. 1-0 - victory for Ufa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbl-xtQY0ck
Rostov received Rubin. Rostovites began to be more active. In the first half, the Rostovites were constantly pressing. Rubin didn't even have a chance for a good counter-attack.
At the end of the first half, Rostovites got the right to a penalty, however
goalkeeper Rubin Dzhanaev outplayed Mayer. So the teams went on hiatus
with a score of 0-0. And in the second half, Rubin scored: in the 67th minute, Yang M "Vila scored
scored after a corner. 0-1, After that Rostov again had an advantage, again created chances, both from the game and from set pieces. However, the score has not changed any more - 0-1 - Rubin's victory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU0gWb8G1gg
But the St. Petersburg Zenith quite unexpectedly lost to the Tula Arsenal. From the first minutes Zenith went ahead. As favorites of the match Zenith
took possession of the advantage, began to create moment by moment. Except for one standard position at the Zenith goal in the first half, then the first half
completely stayed with Zenith. The second half also began with Zenit attacks. On
On 51 minutes, Branislav Ivanovic scored a goal against Arsenal, but the referee canceled
this goal. Zenith continued to move forward, and a few minutes later Dziuba scored a goal,
again after a cross from a free kick, but the judge canceled it again due to offside. And on
On 73 minutes, Arsenal striker Kangwa opened the scoring. Thus, Arsenal led
0-1. After that, Zenith created a few more dangerous moments, but the score has not changed anymore. 0-1 - Arsenal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N74ectpV_J4
And the last match of this review. Perm Amkar and Tosno of the Leningrad region.
This match ended in a draw 0-0, the Permians had more chances in this match,
Tosno's players were more likely to counter-attack, but in the end no goals were scored. draw 0-0.https: //www.youtube.com/watch? v = oueBovSLSpo
Leaderboard after 13 rounds.
1) Zenith - 28
2) Locomotive - 26
3) CSKA - 24
4) Krasnodar - 21
5) Spartak - 20
6) Ural - 19
7) Ruby - 17
8) Arsenal -17
9) Akhmat - 17
10) Ufa - 17
11) Rostov - 16
12) Amkar - 15
13) Dynamo - 13
140 Tosno - 13
15) SKA-Khabarovsk - 11
16) Anji - 9

Another season in the top division Russian Football Championship hosted by the Russian Football Premier League(RFPL), began on July 15, 2017 and ended on May 13, 2018.

Premier League standings 2017/2018

Standings Help: AND- games, V- winnings, N- draws, NS- defeat, M- goals scored and conceded, O- glasses.

Premier League top scorers

Quincy Promes (Spartak) - 15 (3 from a penalty), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar) - 14 (3), Jefferson Farfan (Lokomotiv) - 10 (0), Vitinho (CSKA) - 10 (2), Victor Klasson (Krasnodar) - 100).

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Key dates of the 2017/2018 season

In the match for the Russian Super Cup, in which the last season champion Spartak and the winner of the Russian Cup Lokomotiv met, the red and white won (2: 1).

Zenit met with Spartak in the 4th round and won a major victory over their principal rival (5: 1). The match in Moscow took place on November 27 within the 18th round and ended in a 3: 1 victory for the hosts.

The game of the 6th round between CSKA and the reigning champion of the Premier League ended with the victory of the army club with a score of 2: 1. The return leg took place on the Spartak field on December 10 and ended in a 3-0 win for the hosts.

The first meeting of CSKA and Zenit in the Russian football championship took place in Moscow on October 22 and ended in a goalless draw. The return game in St. Petersburg within the 28th round also ended in a goalless draw.

Lokomotiv secured the championship in the 29th round match, beating Zenit at home with a score of 1: 0.

The final of the Russian Football Cup took place on May 9, 2018. "Tosno" outplayed in decisive match Kursk "Avangard" with a score of 2: 1.

Schedule of matches, TV broadcasts, information on injuries and suspensions, indicative compositions, bookmaker quotes, forecast competition - a guide to the 13th round of the RFPL from "Sport Day by Day".

Competition forecast. "Sports Day by Day" against the experts of BC "Baltbet" /baltbet.ru

Starting from the third round, within the framework of a special project dedicated to predictions for football matches, the journalists of the Publishing House compete with the leading specialists of the bookmaker BaltBet. While the bookies are winning. According to the results of the 12th round, their lead remained - Moscow correspondent Yegor Prokudin ended the fight with Vadim Posashkov in a combat draw. Now they are being replaced by the correspondent of the sports department Oleg Evstifeev and the expert of BC "BaltBet" Sergey Karpov.

Let us remind you that three points are awarded for a precisely predicted score, two points for a guessed difference, and one point for a correctly named outcome of the match.

12th round

Egor Prokudin - Vadim Posashkov - 3: 3

Total score: 63:70

Oleg Evstifeev:

- "Spartak" began to move away from the painful shock after the injuries at the beginning of the season. Red-and-white need a bright victory more than ever, and Massimo Carrera is sensitive to such moments. Surprisingly unstable Akhmat is at risk of losing more points at home, although it would be safer to bet on the fact that both teams will score. Lokomotiv still has enough strength to strain Zenit in the championship race, and Ufa sorely lacks cool forwards. The game of blue-white-blue and Arsenal is very interesting - it can turn out to be both a magnificent match and a spectacle in the spirit of the ever-memorable Zenit - Rostov. The St. Petersburg players returned from the national teams in a great mood, but will the "physics" be enough for them?

Sergey Karpov:

The 13th round will open with the match between Akhmat and Spartak. The red and white in the last face-to-face matches did not leave any chances to their rivals from Grozny - three wins in three matches with a goal difference of 7–0. In the upcoming meeting, "Carrera" will also be stronger. In the central match Krasnodar and CSKA will meet. The teams have the same number of points, but the last matches have clearly failed neither the one nor the other. The army team has not won in Krasnodar since 2013. Will play the bet "Both will score - yes", she entered 7 of 8 last matches these commands.

Lokomotiv won three matches in a row, scoring 7 unanswered goals. Ufa is a tough nut to crack, but they are unlikely to be able to stop the railroad workers, who are expected to score at least two goals.

Which will be held in Russia for the first time in history. As a result, the 26th season in the top flight will be tight and will end 2-3 weeks earlier than usual. As a result, physical fitness, especially in the spring part of the championship, comes to the fore, since teams often have to play two matches a week, not counting the Russian Cup.

The RFPL 2017-2018 has not undergone major changes in terms of the format and the scoring system. The only caveat will be the opportunity to play in the Champions League qualification for the team that took the third place in the table according to the results of the championship. The fight in the championship will only get fiercer, because a chance to play in one of the most prestigious tournaments of the Old World is both a solid bonus and a good financial help to the club.

16 teams will continue to play in the top football division in the coming season. The start of the RFPL is scheduled for July 13, 2017, and the competition will end on May 13, 2018. For the sixth season in a row, the Russian Championship is held according to the "autumn-spring" system, which implies a long winter break. The tournament will be divided into two parts:

• 19 rounds will run from July 13 to December 19, 2017;
• 11 rounds will be played from March 4 to May 13, 2018.

The winner of the tournament automatically gets into the group stage of the Champions League, the second and third lines also guarantee participation in this tournament. The teams ranked fourth and fifth in the 2017-2018 RFPL will take part in the second most prestigious club competition - the Europa League.

The teams that are on the last two lines in the table (that is, 15 and 16) are automatically transferred to the division with a rank below -. Positions from 13 to 14 give the right to fight for the right to remain in the country's football elite with the third and fourth teams of the FNL. There are two games (on the home field and on the opponent's arena), according to the results of which it is determined who will play in the next season of the Premier League, and who will go to travel around the small towns and villages of our vast Motherland. If during regular time of play-offs the winner cannot be identified, two additional halves of 15 minutes each are assigned, and then a penalty shootout.

Match schedule 13 round of the RFPL 2017-2018 looks like this:

The tournament table of the RFPL after 12 played rounds looks like this:

New clubs in the RFPL

At the end of the 2016-2017 season, a number of teams fought for the right to remain in the top football division. The most unlucky ones were “Tom” and “Wings of the Soviets”, who were relegated to the FNL from the last two places in the table. Orenburg and Tula Arsenal took part in the play-offs, but only the last squad managed to keep their registration in the elite. SKA-Khabarovsk knocked Orenburg out of the Premier League in a penalty shootout and will fight the best football teams in the country in the coming season. In addition, the following teams were added to the Russian Championship:

• Dynamo (Moscow);
• "Tosno" (Leningrad region).

As for SKA-Khabarovsk, the club itself probably did not expect to enter the Russian Premier League in 2017-2018. This summer, 9 footballers who were involved in entering the Russian Championship left the team at once. Most of them have ended their contracts, which the bosses of the Far East club did not renew. So far, only midfielder Savichev from Spartak-2 has been bought to replace the departed players. So far, SKA-Khabarovsk is located dangerously close to the relegation zone, and it is not possible to successfully oppose skilled opponents from the Premier League with only one youth in the team. According to experts, in order to be guaranteed to stay in the elite Russian football, the club needs to score at least 30 points. It is not yet clear how SKA-Khabarovsk will do this, but there is still time to correct the situation, and the fans are waiting for a clear game from the players.

The legendary Moscow Dynamo, after an inglorious departure from the Russian Championship in the 2015-2016 season, won the FNL and returned to the elite. Despite financial difficulties, new contracts were signed with all the key players. In addition, forward Wanderson was purchased from Krasnodar to strengthen the attack. Of the significant purchases of the blue and white, we also note the midfielder Sow from Kayserispor, defender Shunich from Stuttgart, striker Panchenko, the rights to which were bought from the capital. Obviously, in the new RFPL draw, Yuri Kolitvintsev's wards set themselves the highest tasks, but they will hardly be able to swing at the top three. The team has a serious crisis that pushed it into the relegation zone. The situation was aggravated by a demarche of fans who refused to support the club indefinitely. In such a situation, Dynamo will have to show their character, otherwise at the end of the championship they will again have to pack their bags for the second strongest division.

FC Tosno has become one of the most active newsmakers of the transfer market. The team strengthened itself with several inexpensive, but quite competitive players in the Premier League. For example, the goalkeeper's line was completely renewed: Gutor, Yurchenko, Oparin - now it's not scary for the team from the Leningrad Region to go beyond the last line. Forward Vukushevich, who came from Greuther-Furth, and Melkadze, on loan from Spartak, will play in the attack at Tosno. The defensive line and the middle of the field have been significantly updated: here Tosno has no problems either. The club's management, making such solid acquisitions, probably counted on at least the top ten in the standings, but the reality turned out to be harsher. The team did not manage to achieve the intended goal, and after 12 rounds it is in the play-off zone.

Title contenders

Unlike, where at least six teams compete for the first line, in the Premier League this number is much smaller. If not for the championship, then the following teams will definitely apply for the top lines in the 2017-2018 RFPL standings:

• CSKA Moscow (Moscow);
• "Spartak Moscow);
• Krasnodar
• Zenit (St. Petersburg).

St. Petersburg "Zenith" is seriously aiming at the championship in the upcoming Premier League draw. After an unsuccessful performance in the 2016-2017 season, when the team won only third place, the club's management made dramatic changes. First, Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu was fired, and he was replaced by Roberto Mancini, experienced in his work in the leading clubs of Europe. Secondly, Zenit spared no money to strengthen it. Obviously, with such significant financial injections, the bosses of the team from the banks of the Neva are counting on both a successful performance in the Europa League and another title in the main football division of Russia.

In the offseason, the army team did not make any serious acquisitions, but extended contracts with key players (Ignashevich and Fernandez). Obviously, CSKA thinks that proven footballers are better than dubious reinforcements. Nevertheless, it would not hurt to acquire a hammer-in striker for Viktor Goncharenko's squad. The bet is on Vitinho, who, although he added in recent times, but it is obvious that tenacious defenders "eat up" him in important matches. As a result, the Russian championship and the Champions League have to play with the same squad. This affects the game of Viktor Goncharenko's charges, who have so far secured the fourth line. standings.

Acting RFPL champion In 2016-2017, Spartak was systematically preparing to defend the title. Rumors about the transfer of coach Massimo Carrera have been dispelled: the Italian specialist will work at least until the end of the season. It is almost impossible to predict how Spartak will perform in the current season, as the club will have to play on two fronts - in the domestic league and in the group stage of the Champions League. At the moment, neither there nor there the red and white have not been able to demonstrate their full potential. V RFPL club located in sixth place, and the gap from the first "Zenith", has already reached 11 points.

Krasnodar's game this season pleases the fans. Igor Shalimov's charges were second for a long time, and only offensive defeats in the last two rounds pushed the team to the third line. “Bulls” need to urgently work on their mistakes and systematically prepare for each match, especially since the club is not burdened with performances in the international arena. In the current Premier League draw, Krasnodar, under a certain set of circumstances, is able to swing at the top three, which will allow it to play in the Champions League for the first time in 2018-2019.

"Dark Horses" RFPL

In addition to CSKA, Spartak, Zenit, there are several teams in the Premier League that are capable of shooting and getting a wedge in the fight for the top three. The list of such clubs should include:

• Rostov;
• "Akhmat"
• "Rubin Kazan);
• Lokomotiv (Moscow).

After a relatively unsuccessful performance last year in the Russian championship, fundamental changes have taken place in Rostov. Leonid Kuchuk came to the coaching bridge, after which a thorough cleaning of the squad began. So, for example, Noboa was sold to Zenit, they did not renew contracts with Cesar Navas, Dzhanaev, Devich. They were replaced by seven new players (Makeev, Parshivlyuk, Abaev, Pesyakov) and, according to rumors, it is planned to buy 3-4 more players to strengthen them. In general, we will no longer see the former Rostov: a renewed team appeared in front of the fans. Kuchuk quickly managed to establish team interactions, and Rostov ended up in seventh place with a minimal lag behind the European Cup zone.

Akhmat's coaching staff changed in the offseason: Oleg Kononov was appointed to the helmsman position, but this did not bring stability. At the start of the championship, the club issued a protracted streak of four defeats, which did not allow them to rise above fifth place. Akhmat's squad is combat-ready, so if there are no slumps in the game, the team can count on getting into the Europa League at the end of the 2017-2018 championship.

Kazan "Rubin" in the offseason also changed the head coach. Instead of Javier Gracia, who failed in the last championship, Kurban Berdyev came. Strengthening the squad was insignificant - only Ozdoev, Granat and a number of little-known football players were bought. If we consider the prospects of the club in the top division, they are very vague: the team from the first rounds taught its fans to be inconsistent. Most likely, in the current drawing, Rubin will remain a middle peasant, and the fruits of the work of one of best trainers Russia will show up next season.

Unlike Rubin, Moscow's Lokomotiv, thanks to their victory in the Russian Cup this season, will represent the country in the Europa League. To fight on two fronts, the "railroad workers" had too short a bench, therefore, to strengthen the offseason, they extended the lease with striker Ari, returned defender Shishkin from the lease at Krasnodar and signed a full-fledged contract with midfielder Denisov. Loko has excellent chances to break into the top three, especially since the brothers Miranchuks, Manuel Fernandes, Guilherme demonstrate excellent play. The result of the well-coordinated work of the coaching staff and the players was the intermediate second line in the RFPL.

Fight for survival

In addition to SKA-Khabarosk, there are several other teams in the elite of Russian football, which experts ranked among the outsiders of the championship. The following teams will fight for the right to stay in the RFPL in 2018-2019:

• Anji;
• "Tosno";
• "Dynamo";
• SKA-Khabarovsk;
• Arsenal (Tula).

About Dynamo, Khabarovsk and Tosno were mentioned earlier, but Anji should be discussed separately. The team from Makhachkala did not play well at the start of the tournament, and only with the arrival of Vadim Skripchenko on the coaching bridge, the players began to show a solid game. Two draws with Spartak and Zenit set the local fans in a positive mood, but the team still has a lot of work to get out of the relegation zone.

In Tula "Arsenal", which won the right to remain in the first division in the last RFPL at the junctions, was replaced Main coach... Miodrag Bozovic is no stranger to pulling out soccer teams from the bottom of the standings, and it looks like in the current draw the Serbian specialist will have to show all his rescue skills again. To rely on the coaching genius of Bozovic is at least dangerous: you can even find yourself below the play-off zone.

Interesting facts about the RFPL 2017-2018

It must be amusing to find out a few facts about the Premier League:

• in the new drawing, the RFPL will be “re-branded”;
• football club "Terek" (Grozny) was renamed to "Akhmat";
• the league's management will actively promote the RFPL brand abroad;
• RFU seriously thought about tightening the limit for legionnaires up to 5 players;
• the number of clubs in the top division may be reduced to 14 (but not earlier than 2018).

Although football in Russia is represented not only by the Premier League, which is scheduled to start on July 13, 2017, the most interesting events will take place here. This tournament is not distinguished by entertainment, as, for example, the German championship, but in it the teams sometimes demonstrate a high-quality game, worthy of the fans' attention. Don't miss the start of a competition that promises to be exciting, uncompromising and unpredictable.

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