The RPL season will resume the match of the Makhachkala Dynamo and Lokomotiv
On February 28, the season of the Russian Premier League (RPL) is resuming. The first match after the winter pause will be held in Makhachkala, where the local Dynamo will be accepted by the Moscow Lokomotiv. In total, until the end of the championship, the teams have to play another 12 rounds.
How the first RPL circle ended
According to the results of the first circle in the RPL, two leaders are Krasnodar and Zenit. These commands have an equal number of points, 39 each. Krasnodars are higher in the table due to victory in a personal meeting. On September 28, the southerners at their stadium beat Zenit with a score of 2: 0. The Moscow Spartak closes the top three leaders. The team of Act Stankovich is two points behind leaders. Before resuming the season, the TOP-5 RPL also includes the metropolitan Dynamo and Lokomotiv, they have 35 points each.
Krasnodar striker John Cordoba
Photo: Andrey Shramko / Kommersant
The main sensation of the first circle can be called the Togliatti Acron. This team holds the debut season in the elite of Russian football, but confidently takes a place in the middle of the table – Volzhans on the ninth line. Akron gains its glasses mainly in matches against the teams from the lower part of the table, but there were loud victories over the favorites, for example, in the last round in front of the winter pause over Zenit in St. Petersburg with a score of 2: 1. One of the goals in that meeting was scored by Artem Dziuba, now playing for Akron.
The main loser of the first part of the season is Orenburg. This team takes the last place five points behind the penultimate, on which the Grozny Akhmat is located. In the area of butt matches for the right to stay in the RPL at the moment, the Voronezh Torch and Khimki. It is curious that the “torch” is the only RPL club, which during the winter fees did not lose either the match, and Akhmat turned out to be the most winning team. Of the 11 meetings, Groznye won ten.
RPL club transfers into a winter pause
Perhaps the most loud news of the RPL transfer market into a winter pause is Valery Karpin’s departure from the post of head coach Rostov. He explained his decision with a desire to focus on work in the Russian team, which he also heads. The specialist has occupied the post of head coach in Rostov since 2017, during which time without winning a single trophy.
I want to apologize to those whose hopes and expectations I did not live up to. During the time spent here and the club and the city itself have become truly relatives for me
The best result of the Karpina team in the RPL is the fourth place in the 2022/23 season. In total, he spent 190 matches at the Rostov’s helm in the Russian championships. This is the tenth indicator in the history of the league by the number of meetings held by coaches in the same club. Karpin left Rostov in the seventh place in the table, the lag behind the leaders – 13 points, from the third “Spartak” – 11. The head coach of the team after the departure of Karpin was the Spaniard Jonathan Alba, who worked in his headquarters.
The most active player in the transfer market among RPL clubs was the Nizhny Novgorod Paris NN. The Volzhans signed seven football players, and gave 13, though most of them are on rent. It is worth noting the transition to Paris NN Vyacheslav Grulev from the Moscow Dynamo, as well as the fact that none of the newcomers of Nizhny Novgorod is over 25 years old.
Seriously updated over the winter and Zenit. The St. Petersburg club sold three Brazilians: Arthur, Vendiad and Claudinho. Claudinho moved to the Katar al-Sadd, Arthur and Wendel signed a contract with the Brazilian Botafogo. At the same time, Wendel will finish the current season in Zenit and only then will leave for his homeland.
The Petersburgers spent 40 million euros on the acquisition of the Brazilian winger Luis Enrique from the same “botapho”. This transfer is the most expensive in the history of Zenit in the winter window. In addition to Luis Enrique, the composition of the current champions of Russia was replenished by three more players – the central defender Vanya Drikushich from Slovenia, the Serbian opornik Sasha Zladar and his compatriot the right defender Firen Paulnich.
Beginners came with us too late. In fact, there are not many beginners on which we can now count
Another loud transfer in winter turned CSKA. The best scorer of the Brazil championship of 2024 Aleerrandro will now play the army. An agreement with a 25-year-old football player is designed for three years and provides for an extension option for the season. In mid -February, the Brazilian bought his contract from Bragantino, according to insiders, for 4.2 million euros, and joined CSKA.
There are clubs in the RPL who have not signed a single new football player in winter. These are Krasnodar, Rostov, Rubin and Khimki. The latter has a restriction on the dedication of players, in the case of the rest of the teams, this is a conscious choice.
Who is the favorite of the RPL
The main favorite of the RPL at the time of the renewal of the season is Zenit. At the championship of this team, bookmakers on average give a coefficient of 2.00. If the St. Petersburg club justifies the status of a favorite and takes gold, then it will become the seventh in a row and the tenth in general in the history of Zenith. In this case, according to victories in a row in the RPL, Zenit will ahead of Spartak, and will catch up with the red and white as a total number of titles.
It is the Spartaks, in the opinion of the bookmakers, the second among possible applicants for the championship. On average, the coefficient for the success of the team of Act of Stankovich is 3.5. The last time Spartak took gold in the 2016/17 season. Further, according to the quotes, “Krasnodar” goes. For the victory of the southerners, bookmakers give a coefficient of 4.00. “Krasnodar” has never become a champion of Russia in history. The best achievement of the club Sergei Galitsky is the second place in the last season.
Source: Lenta
Kingston is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his in-depth and engaging writing on sports. He currently works as a writer at 247 News Agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the sports industry.
