On 27 January, Spartak and CSKA played friendly matches in UAE and Turkey.

Spartak Moscow 1-0 Botev Plovdiv

Before facing the Red-Whites, Bulgarian team beat Ural in UAE, while Spartak got win against AGMK from Uzbekistan. Moscow side became winners through Pavel Meleshin, who scored in the middle of second half. Next, Spartak will start a camp in Abu Dhabi and will participate there in Winline RPL Winter Cup.

CSKA Moscow 2-1 FK Partizan

The Armymen hold their second camp in Turkey, and firstly they met brotherhood club from Belgrad. Fedor Chalov gave the lead to CSKA with goal on 58th minute, Nemanja Jovic made game tied with five minutes left in the regular time, but Moscow side escaped with win after late goal from 19-year-old Yaroslav Arbuzov, who plays for youth team in MFL.

Next teams’ friendlies: Tuesday 31 January – CSKA vs Alania; Thursday 2 February – Rostov vs Spartak (RPL Winter Cup)