Preview of the Russian Championship match Lokomotiv — Dynamo

The text broadcast of the game will be available online in our match center.

For Dynamo fans, the 13th sector of the upper tier of the North Stand is provided, tickets for which can only be purchased at the following link. The guest ticket office will not work on the day of the game.

We recommend that you generate QR codes in advance in the mobile application "Public Services. Fan Card" for the possibility of using the QR code offline (without Internet connection) when entering the stadium or printing them on paper in advance, or using other ways to save the QR code.

You will be able to watch the live video broadcast of this game after registering on the website of our title sponsor BetBoom betting company and in its clubs, which operate according to the "All Inclusive" concept (look for the nearest club on the map), as well as on the Match TV channel. Beginning at 19:30 Moscow time.

Also, after the match, wait on our resources for the traditional edition of "Inside" with the highlights of the game and interviews of the actors.

In the 27th round, the blue-and-whites comfortably defeated Sochi (2-0), scoring a goal in each half: Konstantin Tyukavin scored after a well-aimed pass from Arthur, and Nicolas Ngamaleu capitalized on a beautiful backheel from Bitello. Milan Majstorovic, who hadn't played since September 2024, was also worth noting.

"He's fully healthy and looked good in training, so we decided to field him. When you have a defender like him and he's healthy, you have to try him out, of course. It's clear he's not in optimal condition. If he hadn't gotten injured, he would have played more. We need to understand how he'll perform in a more intense game," Rolan Gusev noted at the press conference.

Over the winter, Lokomotiv lost its longtime captain, Dmitry Barinov, to CSKA Moscow, and acquired only Lucas Vera, who is currently a rotation player and has yet to register a single point.

Meanwhile, Mikhail Galaktionov's team is second only to Krasnodar in goals scored (51) and leads the league in entertaining matches, with 86 goals scored in games involving the Lokomotiv team. Incidentally, Dynamo is in second place (83), which is unsurprising given their 5-3 victory over the visitors in their first-round match at VTB Arena.

However, Lokomotiv faltered somewhat in April, scoring only three goals in five matches, earning just one victory, a 1-0 win over Orenburg. The team's home matches against Dynamo Makhachkala (1-1) and Zenit (0-0) ended in draws, while they suffered two away defeats against Spartak (1-2) and Krylia Sovetov (0-2) in the last round.

Thus, the team has dropped out of the championship race, but still sits in third place, one point ahead of Spartak and three ahead of Baltika.

"We always strive to finish high. We don't want to make predictions, but I can say for myself that the team will do everything possible to win medals. Right now, everything is in our hands. We need to pick up points in the remaining three matches. We'll take it game by game, and then we'll see. Our next game is against Dynamo. Our focus is solely on that," said Lokomotiv goalkeeper Anton Mitryushkin.

Forwards Ivan Sergeev and Vladislav Sarveli played together for Krylia Sovetov in the 2020/21 season.

Mikhail Galaktionov began his coaching career at the academy of the Moscow Dynamo.

Danil Glebov trained for a year at the Lokomotiv Academy, after which he moved to Anzhi Makhachkala.

Anton Miranchuk is a graduate of Lokomotiv, in which he played 217 matches, became the champion of Russia and three times the winner of the Cup of the country.

The teams met 131 times in the national championship: 58 wins for Dynamo, 30 draws and 43 wins for Lokomotiv. The difference between goals scored and conceded is 238:186 in favor of our team.

The top scorers in these matches are: Dmitry Loskov (11 goals), Kevin Kuranyi (7), Konstantin Beskov, Yuri Vshivtsev and Viktor Voroshilov (all 6).

Yevgeny Kukulyak will serve the match along with assistants on the line Dmitry Mosyakin and Andrei Bolotenkov. Anatoly Zhabchenko and Kirill Levnikov will be responsible for the video Referee Assistance System (VAR).

The last time a 39-year-old referee from Kaluga judged Dynamo in September 2023 in a match with Pari NN (1:1).