Lokomotiv Moscow take on the visitors Porto at the RZD Arena in the Round 3 of the UEFA Champions League Group D. The match will be played in Moscow on Wednesday, October 24th.
Even though Lokomotiv Moscow looked horrible in the start of the new season they started showing better performances with time. What`s really important was that they started to score more goals. In their local Russian Premier League the Red-Greens scored eight goals in eight starting tours. However, three of those goals were scored in their last three league games. That progress was incredible. In their last tour fixture the team of Yuri Semin scored twice against Rostov who conceded only a few goals overall before that game in the Russian Premier League. Now the Railroaders need to risk in their upcoming Round 3 fixture of the UEFA Champions League Group D against Porto. In their two starting matches of the group they got zero points and a 0-4 goal difference. The main goal for them for Wednesday is to continue scoring goals. If the Parovozy even draw with a 0-0 score in the upcoming fixture they will almost lose their chances to go through to the play-offs of the Champions League. Inn their last three matches Lokomotiv Moscow beat Rostov with a 2-1 score, CSKA Moscow with a 1-0 score and lost to Schalke 04 with a 0-1 score in their UEFA Champions League Group D fixture. In the 1/16-finals fixture of the Russian Cup they beat Baltika with a 3-2 score in the extra time.
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Porto have been looking unstable so far this season. They lost two of their seven starting fixtures in the Primeira Liga already. That was too much for the Dragoes. The reason for those losses was their unsafe defensive line. In the third tour of the Primeira Liga the team of Sergio Conceicao conceded three goals against Vitoria Guimaraes and lost with a 2-3 score in the end. In the Round 1 of the UEFA Champions League Group D they drew against Schalke 04 with a 1-1 score. In the Round 2 of the tournament the Azuis e Brancos beat Galatasaray with a 1-0 score. Thereby the Portuguese are not the clear favourite in the lead-up to their upcoming game against Lokomotiv Moscow. In their last three matches Porto beat Vila Real with a 6-0 score in the 1/32-finals fixture of the Taca de Portugal, lost to Benfica with a 0-1 score and beat Galatasaray with a 1-0 score in their UEFA Champions League Group D fixture.
Lokomotiv Moscow are likely to score in their upcoming Round 3 fixture against Porto. They have been quite productive recently. The Red-Greens failed in their two starting fixtures of the Group D and now is the time to fix their faults. It is hard to predict the winner for the match between the teams on Wednesday but it is likely that the team of Yuri Semin will be able to score at least once against the Portuguese at least.
Prediction for the match: Lokomotiv Moscow to score over 0.5 goals.
