Trabzonspor – Spartak Moscow Prediction & Picks (20.07.2018)

Trabzonspor and Spartak Moscow meet at Stadion Villach-Lind, in a friendly match. This will be the 5th of the year for Trabzonspor, after the previous ones played against Lokomotiv Zagreb, Triglav, 1461 Trabzon and Luftëtari Gjirokastër. In the case of Spartak Moscow, this is their 12th friendly of the year, having already faced Rudar, Proleter Novi Sad, Slovacko, Rijeka, Avangard Kursk, Volgograd Rotor, Dinamo St. Petersburg, Sparta Praha, Hebei CFFC, CSKA Sofia and Shanghai SIPG. This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Trabzonspor:

This is the 5th friendly match of the year for the home team, after previous friendlies in which they registered the following results: Trabzonspor (1-0) Lokomotiv Zagreb, Triglav (0-2) Trabzonspor, Trabzonspor (1-1) 1461 Trabzon and Trabzonspor (2-1) Luftëtari Gjirokastër. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in away matches, with 28 goals scored and 14 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 16 conceded. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Trabzonspor won 4, tied 2 and lost 4.

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 4 matches. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in all of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, he suffered the first goal 7 times and only managed 2 comebacks.

The formation of Trabzonspor comes to this game with a victory over Lokomotiv Zagreb, 1-0, adding the following triumph followed in friendly games of preparation: the only goal of the team was marked by Sheydaev. It is important to remember that Trabzonspor finished in the fifth position of the Turkish Championship last year. In this friendly game against Spartak Moscow, coach Ünal Karaman must organize his team in a 4-2-3-1, privileging the defensive organization and counterattacks, mainly through the flanks. Everything indicates that the coach can not count on the injured Burak Yilmaz.

Spartak Moscow:

This is the 12th friendly match of the visiting team’s year, after previous friendlies in which they recorded the following results: Spartak Moscow (3-1) Rudar, Spartak Moscow (3-0) Proleter Novi Sad, Slovácko (0-1) Spartak Moscow, Rijeka (3-1) Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow (2-0) Avangard Kursk, Spartak Moscow (2-0) Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow (2-0) Dinamo St. Petersburg, Sparta Praha (1-2) Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow (1-2) Hebei CFFC, CSKA Sofia (0-0) Spartak Moscow and Spartak Moscow (0-1) Shanghai SIPG. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 24 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 13 suffered. In the last 4 away matches for Friendly matches Spartak Moscow has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition.

The whole of Spartak Moscow comes to this game with a victory over Rudar, thus adding the third victory followed in friendly games of preparation: the goals were scored by Promes, Hanni and Lomovitskiy. It is important to remember that Spartak Moscow finished third in the Russian Championship in the previous season. In this game against Trabzonspor the coach Massimo Carrera will have to keep the usual 4-2-3-1, Luiz Adriano being the most advanced player of the Russians. However, it is important to underline that Spartak Moscow has presented some weaknesses in the defensive transition and defensive set pieces. Selikhov and Jano Ananidze continue from outside due to injury.