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CSKA Moscow
Russian Premier
13:00
UTC, Sunday 25 October 2026
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Spartak

CSKA Moscow vs Spartak: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

CSKA Moscow host Spartak Moscow at VEB Arena on Sunday 25 October 2026, kick-off 13:00 UTC, in the Russian Premier (round 12). CSKA Moscow have had 6 days of rest since playing Dinamo Moscow (Russian Premier); Spartak have had 6 after facing Rubin Kazan and travel about 6 km. CSKA Moscow are without 5 players (Luciano Gondou, Milan Gajić, Dmitri Barinov and others); Spartak are missing 2 (Christopher Martins, Daniil Zorin). Kirill Levnikov is the referee, averaging 5.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.4. The forecast at kick-off is 12°C, dry.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

CSKA Moscow 5-3-2

Coach: Dmitriy Igdisamov

  1. 49 Vladislav Torop GK
  2. 4 João Victor DEF
  3. 79 Kirill Danilov DEF
  4. 23 Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov DEF
  5. 21 Mohamed Azzi DEF
  6. 3 Danil Krugovoy DEF
  7. 10 Ivan Oblyakov MID
  8. 31 Matvey Kislyak MID
  9. 19 Ivan Oleynikov FWD
  10. 17 Kirill Glebov FWD
  11. 32 Luciano Gondou FWD

Bench

  • 39 Maksim Borisko GK
  • 99 Nikolay Barovskiy GK
  • 2 Matheus DEF
  • 90 Matvey Lukin DEF
  • 61 Pavel Filyushin DEF
  • 7 Matheus Alves MID
  • 18 Danila Kozlov FWD
  • 37 Henrique Carmo FWD
  • 62 Imran Firov FWD
  • 97 Maksim Voronov FWD
  • 20 Matija Popović FWD
  • 11 Tamerlan Musaev FWD

Spartak 4-1-4-1

Coach: Juan Carlos Carcedo

  1. 1 Ilya Pomazun GK
  2. 47 Roman Zobnin DEF
  3. 68 Ruslan Litvinov MID
  4. 6 Srdjan Babić DEF
  5. 33 Víctor Parada DEF
  6. 18 Nail Umyarov MID
  7. 7 Pablo Solari FWD
  8. 25 Danil Prutsev MID
  9. 5 Esequiel Barco MID
  10. 10 Marquinhos FWD
  11. 9 Manfred Ugalde FWD

Bench

  • 56 Alexander Dovbnya GK
  • 86 Pavel Egorov GK
  • 4 Alexander Djiku DEF
  • 3 Christopher Wooh DEF
  • 97 Danil Denisov DEF
  • 27 Igor Dmitriev DEF
  • 40 Ivan Sorokin MID
  • 24 Nikita Massalyga MID
  • 17 Vladislav Saus MID
  • 19 Mirlind Daku FWD
  • 62 Pavel Polekh FWD

Injuries and suspensions

CSKA Moscow

  • Luciano Gondou suspension, back Late October 2026
  • Milan Gajić injury, back Day to day
  • Dmitri Barinov injury, back Day to day
  • Moisés injury, back Early May 2027
  • Igor Akinfeev injury, back Day to day

Spartak

  • Christopher Martins injury, back Day to day
  • Daniil Zorin injury, back Day to day
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 22 November 2025: Spartak Moscow 1-0 CSKA Moscow
  • Sunday 5 October 2025: CSKA Moscow 3-2 Spartak Moscow
  • Saturday 26 April 2025: Spartak Moscow 1-2 CSKA Moscow
  • Saturday 2 November 2024: CSKA Moscow 0-2 Spartak Moscow
  • Thursday 25 April 2024: CSKA Moscow 0-0 Spartak Moscow