Krylia Sovetov – CSKA

Krylya Sovetov will not be able to claim victory over CSKA

Krylia Sovetov will take on CSKA at home in the eighth round of the Russian Football League. The Samara club only broke their winless streak last weekend. Krylia failed to win in six rounds. The victory in Grozny was largely by chance. A penalty at Akhmat helped. Krylya Sovetov have significantly lower potential than they had last season. Maxim Glushenkov has helped the team stay afloat so far. The goal scorer is involved in almost all of his team's key attacks. There are no other replacements for the leaders. The return of Sergei Pinyaev is a welcome addition to the attacking ranks. Samara have significant problems in attack. Igor Osinkin is trying to stick with his trademark style of play through short passes and clever combinations, but so far the quality of the players clearly does not match the intended ideas. Krylya Sovetov have only scored more than two goals in the first half. Their efficiency has dropped dramatically. Against the giants, Krylya Sovetov have also been unsuccessful: Zenit lost by a wide margin, Dinamo did not score, Lokomotiv lost a win. CSKA are showing great football at the start of the season. If you compare it with last year, they have made great progress. Vladimir Fedotov's charges are still considered title contenders. So far CSKA have had only one defeat, and that in a hard-fought away game against Zenit. The last game was played by the Army team in cold blood. Against Rostov, the team had the advantage, but failed to win. CSKA showed their depth in the midweek match against Torpedo. The Army team fielded reserves for the game against the black and white, but they experienced no problems at all. Torpedo were beaten 2-0. Significantly, Adolfo Gaich scored his first goal in his time at the club. It is possible that the Argentine will get more chances. In the bookmakers' line, CSKA are not going clear favourites. The chances of a win for Krylia are also quite high. That said, the Army Men look stronger across the board. CSKA have a quality squad of internationals on the attack. With Moses on the flank of the defense, their attacking potential has become even better. We have the depth in the squad, which is important in terms of strengthening the game in the second half. Krylya Sovetov made it a habit last season not to let the favourites go to Samara, but that was a completely different club of a different quality. So far, Krylia have had little success in games against top clubs. To count on a win against CSKA would be extremely difficult. Given the odds, it makes sense to predict the visitors' success. It's not out of the question that the odds on the favourites might go down on the day of the game.