ROSGOSSTRAKH Russian Football Championship MF 25 matches will be held between 25 and 27 April. The failure of Spartak Moscow in Rostov-on-Don  and wins of PFC CSKA and Zenit contributed a lot into the intrigue of the Champions race. One more failure for the team of Massimo Carrera and it could cost dearly to the Red-whites.

Spartak plays before its competitors in this MD. Carrera has a lot of problem – Denis Glushakov is suspended, as a result he can miss the derby against PFC CSKA if CDC will see a serious misconduct in his actions in the match against Rostov. Forwards Ze Luis and Adriano still have not returned to the main squad. But casualties of Spartak opponent Ural are also big. Bicfalvi, Pavlyuchenko and Emelyanov got red cards. Besides, two uneasy away matches is a big challenge for the team of Alexander Tarkhanov. It is interesting to know that Spartak lost twice over three latest matches against Ural.

PFC CSKA has a match against Lokomotiv. And here the competition will be quite uneasy. The Army team is a candidate for the title and as a minimum they count on receiving one of the two places in UEFA Champions League, Lokomotiv is closely chasing Krasnodar in the competition for the 4th position. Yury Semin has some problems with the squad – Corluka is injured and left for a long period. The Cup of Russia final will take place on 2 May. But the optimal squad will be fielded in the match against PFC CSKA – derby is derby. Victor Gancharenko team has injured players step-by-step returning to the squad and this fact increase tactical variations.

Zenit left for an away match in Orenburg without Dzyuba and Criscito, but Orenburg is struggling for survival. Participation of Kokorin is questionable. Will the team of Mircea Lucescu, which plays not very successfully away, be able to get so much needed win? All those who love football will know the reply to this question on Wednesday, 26 April.

An interesting match is  expected in Rostov-on-Don where Rostov will be hosting Ufa. The club from Rostov went up to the 5^th position in the table and continue to chase Krasnodar in the competition for the last place in European Cups.

Rubin which does not bring joy to its supporters in the recent matches will play against Terek at home. The club from Kazan is seven points ahead of Orenburg, which is on the 13^th position. So the players of Javier Gracia needs gaining points if they do not want to get nervous at the end of the season and to make their fans nervous as well.

A very important match will be held in Tula where Arsenal is hosting Krylia Sovetov. There is only three points between these teams in the table, so it will be a tough battle. Only one win will allow to the team from Tula to leave the zone of direct relegation. The team from Samara will get a good gap in case of winning and will try to get as close to Anji as possible.

Amkar, which does not know the bitter taste of home failures so far, and Krasnodar, which has had only two away wins, are going to play in Perm.

Anji will be hosting Tom. This is one of the last chances for the visiting team to get closer to the safe place, and the team from Makhachkala intends to separate itself from participating in promotion-relegation matches.

In appointments of referees and observers to the matches of ROSGOSSTRAKH Russian Football Championship MD 25 among Premier League clubs there are some changes.

The team of Sergey Karasev in full was moved from the game in Kazan to PFC CSKA – Lokomotiv match. The game between Rubin and Terek will be officiated by Evgeny Turbin, Alexey Lunev and Dmitry Cheltsov. Assistant Referee was replaced in the match Orenburg – Zenit: Alexey Shiryaev will be working instead of Igor Demeshko.

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Spartak – Ural

25.04.2017, 19:30. Otkrytie Arena

Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov (Balashikha). In season 2016-2017 – 11 matches – 45 yellow cards – 2 red cards – 4 penalties awarded

Suspended: Glushakov (red card) – Emelyanov (red card), Bicfalvi (red card), Pavlyuchenko (red card)

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +11=1-3 (36:9)

In the first round: 1:0

Rostov – Ufa

25.04.2017, 19:30. Olimp-2

Referee: Alexey Nikolaev (Moscow). In season 2016-2017 – 10 matches – 30 yellow cards – 1 red card – 2 penalties awarded

Suspended: none - none

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +2=3-0 (5:2)

In the first round: 0:0

Orenburg – Zenit

26.04.2017, 17:00. Gazovik

Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Nizhny Novgorod). In season 2016-2017 – 14 matches – 46 yellow cards – 6 red cards – 1 penalty awarded

Suspended:  none – Dzyuba (4 yellow cards), Criscito (8 yellow cards)

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +0=0-2 (0:1)

In the first round: 0:1

Rubin – Terek

26.04.2017, 19:30. Kazan Arena

Referee: Evgeny Turbin (Мoscow). In season 2016-2017 – 10 matches – 45 yellow cards.

Suspended: Kambolov (4 yellow cards) - none

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +6=8-5 (24:18)

In the first round: 1:3

Arsenal – Krylia Sovetov

26.04.2017, 19:30. Arsenal

Referee: Alexander Egorov (Saransk). In season 2016-2017 – 15 matches – 57 yellow cards – 2 red cards – 3 penalties awarded

Suspended: Vergara (4 yellow cards) – Bauer (4 yellow cards)

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +0=1-0 (1:1)

In the first round: 1:1

PFC CSKA – Lokomotiv

26.04.2017, 19:30. Arena CSKA

Referee: Sergey Karasev (Moscow). In season 2016-2017 – 10 matches – 40 yellow cards – 3 red cards – 4 penalties awarded

Suspended: Schennikov (4 yellow cards)  - none

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +21=9-22 (67:57)

In the first round: 0:1

Amkar – Krasnodar

27.04.2017, 17:00. Zvezda

Referee: Аlexey Sukhoy (Lyubertsy). In season 2016-2017 – 5 matches – 14 yellow cards – 1 red cards – 1 penalty awarded

Suspended: none – none

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +1=4-8 (11:19)

In the first round: 0:1

Anji – Tom

27.04.2017, 19:30. Anji Arena

Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (St.Petersburg). In season 2016-2017 – 13 matches – 52 yellow cards – 4 red cards – 3 penalties awarded

Suspended: none - none

Balance of the matches in Russian Championships: +4=2-1 (12:5)

In the first round: 3:0

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