Ural sit in mid-table mediocrity with ten points seperating them from both the European spots above them and the relegation places below them. This should mean that they go into this game without any pressure against a Spartak side who find themselves in a transitional period under their manager and club legend Dmitri Alenichev.
Spartak have a chance of getting into the Europa League spots, however, this is out of their hands and they know that they must win to take advantage of any slip up by local rivals Lokomotiv. Matches involving the Red-Whites always involve goals, their goals for (43) and goals against (36) statistics prove this and we can expect the same here.
I believe Ural’s freedom from pressure will allow them to express themselves and they should be able to score against a leaky Spartak backline. As mentioned before, Spartak games always involve goals for both sides and I can see them cancelling each other out.