Spartak Moscow is having a forgettable season, on its way to having the club's worst league finish after eighteen years. After finishing second last season, this squad isn't playing well under Rui Vitoria, currently ninth-placed in the league. One of the biggest clubs in Russia solely focuses on its Europa League campaign, which turned out successful for them as "the Gladiators" finished first in their group, over Napoli, Leicester, and Legia. Spartak will be facing Sochi, a team that is doing well after finishing fifth-placed last season. The hosts are sixth in the Russian Premier League, while having one game less than their competition. A win would put Sochi in third place, which means Vladimir Fedotov's men are going all-in for the three points.

Coming into this game, the hosts will just miss Soslan Dzhanaev and Sergey Terekhov, while the guests miss five important players: Ezequiel Ponce, Pavel Maslov, Ayrton, Aleksandr Sobolev, and Jordan Larsson. The last time Spartak met Sochi resulted in a 2-1 win for "the Leopards", who are now enjoying the advantage of the home ground. Sochi won both of its duels against Spartak Moscow here last year, 1-0 on both occasions. Sochi's latest home victory was against CSKA Moscow, where Fedotov's team celebrated with a 4-1 outcome. The hosts' striker Matero Cassierra has scored the third-most goals in the Russian top-flight this season, finding the net eight times in eleven league appearances. Playing good attacking football, there is no doubt Sochi will break the opponents' defense, considering the hosts scored in their previous eight consecutive matches.

Spartak has been poor while playing on the road so far, winning just two of the eight visits in the league. The guests are without a triumph in their previous three away games.

The visitors are in need of some serious changes if they wish to have a successful end of the season. They are dealing with some key players' absences coming into this duel, and so, I will predict the hosts to win here. Good luck!

莫斯科斯巴达队正在经历一个令人难忘的赛季，即将迎来俱乐部 18 年后最差的联赛成绩。在上赛季获得第二名后，这支球队在目前排名第 9 ，在瑞·维多利亚的带领下表现不佳。俄罗斯最大的俱乐部之一只专注于其欧罗巴联赛的成绩，结果对他们来说是成功的，因为“角斗士”在小组中排名第一，击败了那不勒斯、莱斯特和莱吉亚。斯巴达克将面对索契，这支在上赛季获得第五名后表现不错的球队。索契在俄罗斯超级联赛中排名第六，同时比他们的比赛少一场。一场胜利将使索契排在第三位，这意味着弗拉基米尔·费多托夫的球队将全力争取三分。

进入这场比赛，索契将错过索斯兰·扎纳耶夫和谢尔盖·捷列霍夫，而莫斯巴达将错过五名重要球员：埃兹奎尔·庞塞、帕维尔·马斯洛夫、艾尔顿、亚历山大·索博列夫和乔丹·拉尔森。上一次斯巴达克对阵索契的比赛中，莫斯巴达以 2-1 获胜，他们现在没有主场的优势。去年，索契在与莫斯科斯巴达的两场决斗中都以 1-0 获胜。索契最近的主场胜利是对阵莫斯科中央陆军，费多托夫的球队在那里以 4-1 的比分庆祝。索契前锋马泰罗·卡西拉本赛季在俄罗斯顶级联赛中的进球数排名第三，在 11 次联赛出场中 8 次破门。踢好攻势足球，索契毫无疑问会打破对手的防守，考虑到球队此前连续八场比赛都有进球。

到目前为止，斯巴达克在客场比赛中表现不佳，在联赛8个客场比赛中只赢了两次。客队在前三场客场比赛中均未取得胜利。

客队如果希望本赛季圆满结束，就需要做出一些重大的改变。他们正在处理一些关键球员缺席这场决斗的问题，因此，我预测索契会在这里获胜。祝你好运！