Dynamo vs CSKA Prediction: Marcel Licka's men will be favourites

Prediction for the Dynamo vs CSKA match which will take place on October 6th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Dynamo is still among the championship contenders this season, but they have lacked consistency in their results. They started quite well. They won their first three matches by a combined score of 8:2 but then began to drop points regularly. In their next seven games, Marcel Licka's men only beat Krylya Sovetov 1:0, Akhmat 4:2, and Dinamo Makhachkala 1:0, and drew and lost twice more to finish fourth in the standings. They also suffered an embarrassing 3:2 defeat to Spartak in the FONBET Russian Cup this week, leaving them second in Group A.

CSKA has also failed to produce consistent results in the current campaign. Marko Nikolic's men have only beaten teams from the bottom half of the standings. They beat Pari NN 3:0, Orenburg 5:1, Akron 4:0, Khimki 2:0 and Akhmat 3:0 last weekend. The Army Men split the points in their mid-table clashes, drawing 0:0 with Rostov and 1:1 with Rubin. However, they have been beaten by the big guns, losing 2:1 to Krasnodar, 1:0 to Lokomotiv and 1:0 to Zenit. That has left them fifth in the standings. This week, however, they beat Paris NN 2:0 in the FONBET Cup of Russia to go top of the C-quartet.

CSKA has followed a very logical schedule this season, beating outsiders, sharing points with mid-standings teams and losing to the big guns. Their next encounter will be with Dinamo, who are in the Premier League leaders' group, so the chances of Marko Nikolic's side winning are slim. The statistics are also in Dynamo's favour, as they have won the last three friendlies. Marcel Licka's men will be favourites in this encounter, playing in front of their home fans and with a good record in high-profile league matches.

The clash between Dynamo and CSKA has been characterised by solid goal-scoring. In their last eight encounters, the rivals have scored 26 goals (an average of 3.25 per game), which is high by Russian standards. At the same time, the bookmakers' odds have been beaten in six of the eight meetings (75%), with goals being exchanged in seven matches (88%).