First place derby. What to expect from the 11th round of RPL

"Locomotive" - "Krasnodar"

Date and time: October 17, 19:30

Location: RZD Arena

Quotes "Fonbet": "Lokomotiv" - 3.45, draw - 3.50, "Krasnodar" - 2.13.

Footballers of the Moscow “Lokomotiv” last week beat Voronezh “Torch” with a score of 5: 0. Double in the match was noted Nikolai Komlichenko.

Also, the Moscow club on October 13 lost in a penalty shootout to Togliatti “Akron” in the home match of the fourth round of the group stage of the Cup of Russia. The defeat was for Lokomotiv the fourth in a row in the tournament.

Krasnodar in the last round lost to Zenit (2: 3). This is the first defeat of Murad Musayev’s team this season, after which the club lost its leadership in the RPL.

Krasnodar team lost points in the fourth round in a row - previously there were three draws with Samara "Wings of the Soviets" (2: 2), Togliatti "Akron" (1: 1) and "Orenburg" (0: 0). Because of this series and defeat, Krasnodar fell to the fourth line of the standings, but the gap from the leading Moscow Dynamo is only one point.

In addition, in the match of the group stage of the Fonbet Cup of Russia, Krasnodar lost to Voronezh Torch (0: 2).

Due to the disqualification, the match will be missed by the main defender of the guests Vitor Tormen, who received a red card in the last round against Zenit. At the same time, for Lokomotiv will be able to play rented from Zenit midfielder Andrei Mostovoy, who missed the last two games of the team due to injury.

"Zenit" - "Akhmat"

Date and time: October 18, 14:00

Location: Gazprom Arena

Quotes "Fonbet": "Zenit" - 1.38, draw - 5.10, "Akhmat" - 8.00.

Zenit is approaching the match in the status of one of the leaders of the RPL. After ten rounds, the St. Petersburg team takes third place in the standings, gaining 21 points. In the last match of the championship, the team of Sergey Semak beat Krasnodar on the road (3: 2). Double in this meeting noted Maxim Glushenkov, another goal scored by Alexander Sobolev.

In the Cup of Russia, the St. Petersburg team also achieved success: on October 14, Zenit defeated Dynamo Makhachkala with a score of 2: 1.

Akhmat is in 11th place, having 11 points in the asset after ten rounds. In the last match of the championship, Grozny played a draw with Baltika (0: 0). Before that, the team lost to Akron with a score of 0: 2 and beat Makhachkala Dynamo - 3: 2. In the cup match on October 14, Akhmat lost to Dynamo Moscow with a score of 1: 2.

The history of personal meetings develops in favor of the St. Petersburg club. In the last match of teams in the RPL, which took place on April 26, 2026, Zenit won with the score 2: 0. The goals were scored by Alexander Sobolev and Luis Enrique. At the same time, in August 2025, Akhmat beat St. Petersburg in Grozny with a score of 1: 0.

Dynamo Moscow - CSKA

Date and time: October 18, 16:15 AM

Location: VTB Arena

Quotes "Fonbet": "Dynamo" Moscow - 2.40, draw - 3.75, CSKA - 2.70.

Dynamo Moscow is approaching the derby in the status of RPL leader. After ten rounds, the team scored 22 points and is ahead of CSKA in additional indicators.

Footballers “Dynamo” won six matches in a row in the championship. In the previous round, the team of Sandro Schwartz beat Rubin on the road with a score of 1: 0.

CSKA also scored 22 points and is second in the standings. The army is the only team in the championship that has not yet suffered a single defeat. In ten matches, CSKA scored six victories and drew four times. In the previous round, the club defeated “Rodina” with a score of 3: 0. Daniil Krugova opened the scoring, and Ivan Oblyakov issued a double.

The meeting of Dynamo and CSKA will be a direct confrontation between the two leaders of the championship. The victory will allow one of the teams to gain an advantage in the fight for the first place.

However, CSKA may have problems in defense, as the team lost two extreme defenders at once. Juan Cáceres misses the match because of a bit of yellow cards, and Rubens - because of the red card received in the last round.

"Spartacus" - "Ruby"

Date and time: October 18, 18:30

Location: LUKOIL Arena

Quotes "Fonbet": "Spartacus" - 1.45, draw - 4.50, "Ruby" - 7.30.

“Spartak” takes fifth place in the standings of the RPL after ten rounds, gaining 20 points. In the last match of the championship, Muscovites drew with the “Wings of the Soviets” with a score of 1: 1.

The main goalkeeper of “Spartak” Alexander Maksimenko will miss the match because of the red card received in the game with “Wings of the Soviets”. Probably, he will be replaced by Ilya Pomazun, who previously played unsuccessfully in the cup match with Homeland. But then Spartak won the match with the score 4: 2.

To meet with Spartak Kazan come after two draws and defeat in the last three matches of the championship. In the last round, they lost to Dynamo Moscow (0: 1). Before that, the team played a draw with CSKA (1: 1) and “Homeland” (1: 1).

The history of personal meetings develops in favor of Muscovites - 23 wins against 16 in all tournaments.

In the previous match of teams in the RPL, held on May 11, 2026, Spartak won with the score 2: 1. In August, the teams met in the Cup of Russia: the main time ended in a draw 1: 1, and in the penalty shootout, Rubin was stronger - 5: 3.