Baltika vs Spartak MoscowPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

The Rostec Arena in Kaliningrad hosts one of the more interesting games of matchday four: Baltika and Spartak Moscow arrive level on 6 points, fourth and third in the table. Un Baltika solido in casa Baltika have won two of three league games, with five scored and three conceded. In their only home match they beat Dynamo 2-1 and last week they won 2-0 at Krylia Sovetov. In the cup they lost 1-0 in St Petersburg to Zenit without being outplayed. Uno Spartak discontinuo Spartak have the same haul but a bumpier path: 3-0 against Rodina and 2-1 at Akhmat, then a 2-1 home defeat to Krasnodar. In the cup they swept Orenburg aside 5-1, the only game in which they went beyond two goals. Il verdetto: Under 3.5 asks for three goals at most. Five of the six head-to-heads stopped below four goals, with two matches settled by a single goal, and the Russian league runs at 2.71 a match; the risk is that both are scoring consistently in this opening spell. The estimate is around 82%. La mia lettura: a balanced contest between two sides who respect each other, and the score should stay contained.