In Dubai for second time in history we will play against "Spartak"

Today in Dubai "Riga Football Club" will play the fifth friendly game during the training camp. Our opponents will be the Russian Premier League club "Spartak Moscow". The kick-off at 17:00 UAE time (15:00 Latvia). Live on our Youtube channel, Sportacentrs.com and TV4 channel.

In Dubai, we have two wins, one draw and one loss. In the first game we lost 0:2 to the Polish Ekstraklasa champion "Legia", in the second match 2:1 against the Slovak champion "Slovan", in the third match we defeated the other Slovak team "Žilina" (2:1), but in the fourth draw against Malaysia's strongest team "Johor" (1:1).

"Spartak Moscow" is a club founded in 1922. "Spartak" has won 22 times in the Russian Premier League. The last time this Moscow club did this was in 2017. "Spartak" also has 13 Russian Cup trophies in its account, and in 2017 "Spartak" won the Russian Super Cup.

There is a break in Russia's highest league at the moment. In the first half of the season, "Spartak" earned 23 points in 18 games and takes the ninth place. The leader with 38 points is the "Zenit" team.

In 2021, "Spartak" successfully competed in the UEFA Europa League Group Tournament. In the group with "Napoli", "Leicester" and "Legia", they earned 10 points in six games, took first place and entered the play-offs. We played against "Spartak" last year and lost 0:4.

Today the game will start at 17:00 UAE time, which means 15:00 Latvian time. Live on our Youtube channel, Sportacentrs.com and TV4 channel.