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This is a big Moscow and Russian derby between the current conqueror of the Cup and the current Russian champion, which are in the top of the table. Lokomotiv is the leader and they have eight points more than Spartak which is in the second place before this duel. Both teams also played in Europe this season, but, after eliminating the Champions League, Spartak was also eliminated from Europa League, where Lokomotiv will continue to play. That is why this team was eliminated from the Cup early, and Spartak reached the quarterfinals. In the first part, they played an excellent match in which Lokomotiv celebrated with 4-3.

Lokomotiv Moscow

The only thing that is certain when it comes to Lokomotiv is that they will not defend the trophy in the Cup of Russia, because they were eliminated on the first step. That is why this team continues to play in Europa League, but they will meet with Atletico Madrid in the round of sixteen and it is clear that that will be a very difficult task for them. They played very well in this competition until now and they were only defeated once in the group stage, while they mastered Nice in the sixteenth finals.

They are playing great in the championship and they only have three defeats, and they have experienced each defeat without any goals scored, which means that when they score, they do not lose. Before the break they had four triumphs in a row and are therefore are sovereign leaders, and their composition is almost complete and only Farfan is questionable, who may still play.

Probable lineups Lokomotiv Moscow: Guilherme – Ignatjev, Pejcinovic, Kvirkvella, Rybus – I.Denisov – Al.Miranchuk, Fernandes, An.Miranchuk, Kolomeytsev(Farfan) – Ari

Spartak Moscow

Things are not going very well for Spartak this season. The fact that they were eliminated from the Champions League was expected, because Liverpool and Sevilla were much better, so Spartak had to satisfy the completion in Europa League. They did not last for a long time and they were also eliminated in the sixteenth finals, but their rival was Athletic Bilbao. After their home defeat, they managed to respond in Bilbao and they can take little comfort that they had honourable goodbye.

They had big problems in the championship at the very beginning, while they are now in a series of 13 championship matches without defeat and they have returned to the top but are still eight points away from their city rivals. Before the break, they also made five wins, so it cannot be said that they are happy that the competition was interrupted. They also brought two reinforcements, of which we should mention Hanni, who played in both duels with Athletic, where Luiz Adriano showed a goalgetter form. They have a lot of injury problems and a new one on that list is center-back Tasci.

Probable lineups Spartak Moscow: Selikhov – Eshchenko, Bocchetti, Kutepov, Kombarov – Zobnin, Fernando – Promes, Glushakov, Melgarejo – Luiz Adriano

Verdict:

Lokomotiv has showed better games this season, but that does not mean that they will overcome their city's rivals in this derby. Spartak is in a rush in the championship and defeat would mean saying goodbye to the title and therefore we expect the guests not to lose this duel.

Pick:  Asian Handicap 0 Spartak 2.05 - 105/100 @1XBet