Preview of the Russian Championship match between Dynamo and Sochi

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

Buy tickets on our website. One of the last home matches of the season will traditionally be held as part of the Cherry Forest festival from the technical partner of the Bosco club. There will be a lot of activities waiting for you, including autograph sessions of the famous tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova (4th floor of Stand B, 16:00) and Dynamo defender Nicolas Marichal, who misses the game due to disqualification (4th floor of Stand C, 15:45).

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.

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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.

The blue and whites on Wednesday lost at home to Rubin with a score of 0:1, without using a large number of scoring chances. The good news was the return to the field of Luis Chavez, who has not been on the field since June 2025 due to rupture of the cruciate ligament of his right knee.

"He's ready to play. Yes, he is not in optimal shape yet, but I hope that he will add to our quick decision-making in the center of the field. Luis is one of those players in the center of the field who came out and made these decisions," - said Rolan Gusev.

Sochi finished the autumn part of the championship in last place and seemed resigned to the upcoming relegation. They were only able to strengthen their squad in the winter by signing midfielder Gustavo Furtado on loan from Krasnodar.

And the start of 2026 didn't bring them anything good – five consecutive defeats. However, the only chance they had of picking up points was arguably in the away game against Baltika (0-4), while they lost to Spartak, Krasnodar, Pari NN, and Rubin by one goal.

And then, suddenly, fortune decided to start paying off the Sochi club. First, they sensationally beat CSKA in Moscow thanks to a converted penalty, which the ESC later ruled a mistake. Then, in the 89th minute, they snatched victory in Rostov-on-Don – Kirill Zaika scoring for the first time since the summer of 2023. Finally, in the previous round, trailing Krylia Sovetov after halftime, they pulled off a comeback victory thanks to a brace from center back Marcelo Alves, with the decisive goal in the ninth minute of stoppage time.

As a result, Sochi won three games in a row for the first time since May 2022, when they won silver in the Russian Championship, and earned as many points in three rounds as they had in the entire previous season. The gap to the playoff zone was reduced to just five points.

"I know we haven't had three wins in a row in a while. And the most valuable thing is that it's happening at a time like this. We want to show that we were buried too early, that we're fighting and alive. The way the guys are giving everything right now is a beautiful story. As for professionalism, it's absolutely perfect," said Sochi head coach Igor Osinkin.

One of the team's three main central defenders, Vyacheslav Litvinov, will miss Sunday's match after accumulating too many yellow cards.

Anton Miranchuk and Sochi midfielder Maxim Mukhin played together for Lokomotiv in the 2020/21 season.

Ulvi Babaev and Ivan Sergeev last season played for Krylia Sovetov under the leadership of Igor Osinkin.

The Sochi physical training coach Petru Lazarescu worked at Dynamo in 2012-2014 and 2017-2019.

The teams have met 11 times in the Russian championship: Dynamo has three wins, three draws, and five losses, with a total goal difference of 16-22.

The top scorers in the RPL clash are Mateo Cassierra (3 goals), Konstantin Tyukavin, Sylvester Igboun, Denis Makarov, Christian Noboa, Anton Zabolotny, Miha Mevlja, Artur Yusupov, and Vanja Drkušić (all 2 goals).

The teams have already met three times this season: in the first round, the teams drew 1-1 in Sochi, and in the group stage of the Russian Cup, the white-blues prevailed both times – 3-2 at home and 4-0 away.

Nikita Novikov and his assistants Alexey Lunev and Andrey Bolotenkov were entrusted to officiate the meeting. Jan Bobrovsky and Artur Fedorov will be responsible for the Video Referee Assistance System (VAR).

For the 27-year-old referee from Petrozavodsk, this will be only the second match at the RPL level. In February, he served the RPL Winter Cup match, in which Dynamo beat CSKA on penalties. (1:1, 5:3).