Saturday, November 1, 2008

Will Rubin Kazan clinch the Championship this weekend?

With four match-days left in the campaign Rubin Kazan sits on the verge of winning the Rosgosstrakh Championship of Russia. Excluding Zenit Saint Petersburg's victory last year, since 1992 the championship has nested in Moscow divided between Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow. With some help from Spartak Moscow, Kurban Berdyev's squad can clinch the title with a victory over Saturn Moscow Oblast.

The race for the final European spots are tight. The two "can't miss" matches beyond Rubin's possible victory celebration is the great CSKA Moscow - Spartak Moscow battle with Spartak looking to overturn Koni's seven year domination of the rivalry and Lokomotiv Moscow's crucial match against Dynamo.

Saturday
Spartak Moscow @ CSKA Moscow
FC Khimki @ Zenit St Petersburg

Sunday
Amkar Perm' @ Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Tom' Tomsk @ Spartak Nalchik
FC Moscow @ Terek Grozny

Monday
Shinnik Yaroslav @ Samara Kryliya Sovetov
Dinamo Moscow @ Lokomotiv Moscow