Fifth spot Lokomotiv Moscow will travel to Tomsk on Friday. The home squad are determined to get back into full fitness and stop dropping points. Accordingly, it was announced yesterday that the club manager Yuri Krasnozhan was sacked with immediate effect, appointing Vladimir Maminov as a current replacement. This probably means he’ll go into this clash a bit unready, so consider that fact before anything else.

Despite the setback, with 18 points from 11 matches Loko are only one point away from the league leaders and city rivals CSKA Moscow, while Toms sit in the ninth spot, having managed to clinch 13 points, however there’s some stiff competition around them and could easily get pushed towards the bottom.

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Lok. Moscow are currently on a two-game run without a win, losing last week’s home fixture against Makhachkala Anzi and due to this fact and lack of high-quality performance, making a draw top tip for this game. Their away record is far from impressing as well and with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats will be faced with a tough battle at the Trud Stadium.

Tom Tomsk on the other side, have won a 1 home game, drawn 3 and lost 1 only, this being at the very start of the current season and are likely to benefit f rom this clash, even more now that the opponents are manager crippled.

However, looking at their recent head-to-head encounters guests have enjoyed a full advantage over Tomsk who, as of May 2008, weren’t able to nail Lok. Moscow down, suffering 4 defeats, earning 2 draws only. Overall, Valeri Nepomniachi recorded 2 victories, 5 draws, having lost a total of 5 matches.

Tom Tomsk failed to score a home goal on two occasions so far this season, while with Loko this record streches out to three away games, though they hardly ever fail to net against them on the road. One of Tomsk finest midfielders, 23-year-old Pavel Golyshev scored 6 goals so far, though never a home goal, but if you ask me, highly tipped to score against Loko. My tips for this game is 2-2.
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