7 players who unite Spartak and Samara. Which of them is having a better season in RPL?
Anatoly Romanov December 9, 2023, 07:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Prutsev, Sobolev or maybe Rasskazov? We choose the strongest in this championship.
In one of the central matches of the 18th round of the RPL, Spartak and Krylia Sovetov will play. The teams have a whole group of footballers who have professional connections with both Muscovites and Samarans. For Alexander Sobolev, Anton Zinkovsky, Danil Prutsev, Nikita Chernov, Vladislav Shitov, Nikolai Rasskazov and Ilya Gaponov, the upcoming meeting is special and fundamental. And which of them shows the best game of the current Russian championship? Let’s define everything together.
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Rating: which of the players associated with Spartak and KS has the best season in RPL?
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Vladislav Shitov, “The Wings of the Soviets”
RPL season statistics: 3+1 in 14 matches
Shitov has been with Krylya Sovetov since last summer: the striker was bought from Spartak after a loan for €500,000. This RPL season, Vladislav has not yet become a stable first-team player: he appeared seven times in the KS starting eleven and the same number as a substitute. He scored three goals: against Fakel, Ural and … Spartak in the first round match in Samara. It was a memorable goal. In that episode, Srdjan Babic teamed up with goalkeeper Alexander Maksimenko. Vladislav also provided an assist in the match against Baltika.
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Anton Zinkovsky, Spartak
RPL season statistics: 2+0 in 16 matches
Zinkovsky has been playing for Spartak since the summer of 2022, he was bought from Krylia Sovetov for 3.2 million euros. This season, the winger played 16 games, but appeared on the field more often from the bench: he was in the starting eleven seven times and nine times came on as a substitute. In another round, Anton remained in reserve until the end of the match. Zinkovsky only has two effective actions: goals against Lokomotiv and Akhmat (last weekend). Although the winger did not play much, statistically he is Spartak’s leader in the RPL in terms of the number of successful dribbles.
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Danil Prutsev, Spartak
RPL season statistics: 1+1 in 10 matches
Prutsev has belonged to Spartak since January 2022, when he was bought from Krylia Sovetov for 1.5 million euros. During the current season, Guillermo Abascal did not trust the center back too much, something for which the Spanish coach was highly criticized. The situation did not change until October. Danil has played 10 games in the RPL, eight from the first minutes. In seven more games he remained on the bench. Prutsev, unlike Sobolev and Zinkovsky, did not enter the field in Samara, where Spartak lost to Krylia Sovetov with 0:4. In the previous round match against Akhmat, Centerhav scored a goal against Paris NN and provided an assist.
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Alexander Sobolev, Spartak
RPL season statistics: 2+4 in 14 matches
Sobolev moved from Krylya Sovetov to Spartak in January 2020; His transfer (purchase after transfer) cost 5 million euros. This RPL season, Alexander participated in 14 matches, but in only 11 of them he was in the starting lineup. He spent one game entirely on the bench. The striker only has two goals: against Ural and Zenit. In addition, he scored a penalty against the Saint Petersburg team. As an assistant, Sobolev is more successful: he gave four assists. It is true that he only made effective passes in two games: two against Rubin and two against Baltika. In general, this is not the most successful season for the Spartak center forward.
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Nikolay Rasskazov, “Wings of the Soviets”
RPL season statistics: 2+3 in 16 matches
Rasskazov moved from Spartak to Krylya Sovetov in January 2023, Samara only paid compensation for the red-and-white student of €33,000. If the Muscovites did not need the right back, then he settled in Samara. Furthermore, he plays both in defense and in midfield. This season, RPL has been in the starting lineup 11 times and entered the game from the bench five times. He scored two goals against Lokomotiv and CSKA, and provided assists in the matches with Akhmat, Fakel and Krasnodar. In “The Wings of the Soviets” Nikolai found himself again.
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Ilya Gaponov, “Wings of the Soviets”
RPL season statistics: 0+0 in 4 matches
Spartak handed Gaponov to Krylya Sovetov in the summer of 2022. According to Transfermarkt, the transfer amount then amounted to 281,000 euros, but this defender has not yet fully revealed himself in the Samara team. In the current Russian championship, Ilya only appeared twice in the starting eleven and twice as a substitute. He took no effective action. Through six rounds, Gaponov remained on the bench and missed several matches due to injury. Obviously, the season is unlikely to turn out as Ilya expected.
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, “Championship”
Nikita Chernov, Spartak
RPL season statistics: 0+0 in 5 matches
Chernov became a Spartak player in February 2022, when he moved from Krylia Sovetov six months before the end of his contract for 110 thousand euros. At Spartak, the central defender has not yet become a solid player in the starting lineup. This RPL season, Nikita participated in only five matches and was in the starting lineup only twice. I didn’t show any results and I didn’t receive any cards. Although Chernov played quite solidly in the absence of Srdjan Babic and Georgiy Dzhikia with Lokomotiv and Rostov, he still returned to the bench by decision of Abascal.
