Dynamo M – Lokomotiv M

Dynamo and Lokomotiv will choose an open scenario

On Sunday, the main match of the day in Week 19 is the Moscow derby between Dynamo and Lokomotiv Moscow. Both teams are the main contenders for third place in the RPL. The game is very important in terms of medal prospects. Dynamo may well take a swing at the championship title. It's already safe to say that the experiment with Marcel Licka's invitation justified itself one hundred per cent. The team started playing attacking football, lost only two RPL matches and already defeated Zenit twice in different tournaments. Dinamo has such a balance sheet that it is the only club in the league without a single transfer. The team didn't actually need reinforcements. The coach admitted that he would not refuse two new players. In particular, Skopintsev has no understudy, but there are two quality performers at almost every position. Dynamo showed themselves on the good side before the season. The only slump happened in the friendly with Baltika. Otherwise, seven wins and two draws were recorded. The level of opponents was not always high, but the bias towards attacking football is obvious: the Bilo-Syni scored in nine matches and conceded in all of them. Lokomotiv have been somewhat in the shadow of other teams both in the league and in the transfer window. In the last winter rounds, the railwaymen made a leap in the table, but not in terms of the quality of play. The team has the fourth from the bottom of the table defence in terms of the number of chances allowed at their own goal; the attack is ninth in terms of XG average per game in RPL. The team finally acquired a quality centre-back in the winter. Nyamsi from Strasbourg should become the main player and solve the problems in defence. In addition, Saltykov, one of the most talented players in Russia, will add variety to the attack. The real mystery is Dzyuba's condition. The main striker was absent at the first training camp. He was replaced by Toulouse's dimensional forward Hamulic. Lokomotiv have gathered a lot of players from the Russian national team at the moment. There is a clear emphasis on youth. At the same time, the prospects of the railwaymen do not look certain: a breakthrough is possible, as it was last season, but failure is not excluded if the newcomers do not adapt. In the Moscow derby, we can see an efficient scenario. Dynamo will play under pressure with great ball control. Lokomotiv's element is quick attacks. The two teams' offence is superior to their defence. In the first round the rivals unexpectedly played without goals. Before that, there was a series of five matches, where the bet on the exchange of scoring goals took place. The training camp games are another important factor in favour of a productive scenario.