On Sunday, August 17, 2025, the VTB Arena will host the match of the 5th round of the Russian Premier League between the Moscow clubs Dynamo and CSKA.
When is the start and where to watch
The text broadcast of the game will be available online in our match center.
The fraternal derby will be sold out, the latest tickets to Business clubs can be purchased at this link. Konstantin Tyukavin's autograph session will be held in front of him at the Dynamo Museum (from 16:30 to 17:30), and ex-blue and white striker Igor Kolyvanov will talk to fans at sector C107 (beginning at 16:15).
You can watch the live video broadcast of the game on the Match TV channel. Beginning at 18:00 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.
Team status
Dynamo lost to Krasnodar in the cup match (0:4) with an experimental squad this week. Maxim Osipenko, who recovered from an injury, spent one half on the field. Note the next re–signing of a Dynamo Academy graduate - defender Leon Zaydenzal has signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2028.
About the opponent
So far, Fabio Celestini, who headed the army at the end of June, is defeating the skeptics of his appointment, and doing so with a limited set of players. In the offseason, Miralem Pjanic, Kristian Bistrovich, Rifat Zhemaletdinov and Saul Guarirapa left the team, and after the start of the championship, Willian Rocha, Kellven and Abbosbek Fayzullaev joined them, plus Maxim Mukhin was loaned to Sochi.
In return, the Swiss coach has so far received only two 20-year-old midfielders Lionel Verde and Mateus Alves. Plus, on the eve of the match, midfielder Daniel Ruiz arrived with experience in the Colombian national team.
In his first official match in Russia, Celestini won the trophy thanks to the minimal victory of the army team over Krasnodar in the Super Cup. In the championship, CSKA is still going undefeated – home successes in matches with Akhmat (2:1) and Rubin (5:1) were added to away draws with Orenburg and Zenit.
Young army players Matvey Kislyak and Matvey Lukin look great, and flanking players Kirill Glebov and Danil Krugovoy, who are getting used to a new position, "light up" in the attack. At the start of the season, they have already scored six goals between the two.
— Glebov and Krugovoy can switch flanks, although today they did it infrequently. But the main requirements that we impose on them are to go behind their backs and open up, to beat 1 on 1. Glebov can play both on the left and on the right. The all-rounder is very dangerous when he plays on the right, because he has the ability to move to the center. And it seems that the All–Rounder is showing up well in a new position," Celestini said after the match with Rubin.
After the game with Kazan, CSKA's clip shrank even more – Brazilian striker Alerrandro suffered damage to the back of his thigh and will miss Sunday's match. Artem Shumansky and Rodrigo Villagra are also completing the rehabilitation program.
As a result, in the away cup match with Akron on Tuesday, Celestini had to involve almost all the starting players, except Igor Diveev and Igor Akinfeev. The main time of the match ended with a score of 1:1, and in the penalty shootout the Tolyatti team was stronger (5:4), while Glebov and Krugovoy did not realize their attempts.
Intersections
Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov as a member of CSKA won the Russian Cup and the silver medal of the national championship.
Ivan Sergeev played together with Danil Krugovoy at Zenit for 2.5 seasons.
CSKA goalkeeping coach Dmitry Kramarenko once played 57 matches for Dynamo.
History of meetings
Within the framework of the national championship, the teams have already met 161 times: Dynamo won 59 victories, lost 56 times, and 46 more meetings ended in a draw. The difference between goals scored and conceded is 222:199.
The top scorers in the history of the national championships are Vasily Smirnov, Mikhail Yakushin, Sergei Solovyov, Konstantin Beskov and Vladimir Fedotov (7 goals each).
The judges
Kirill Levnikov will serve the meeting along with linesmen Dmitry Ermakov and Andrei Vereteshkin. Sergey Ivanov and Sergey Cheban will be responsible for the video Referee Assistance System (VAR).
In March, a 41-year-old referee from St. Petersburg served the Fraternal Cup derby, in which the Army team prevailed (2:1).
