København v Lokomotiv Moskva background
Memories of a 2007 feat might dawdle for København manager Ståle Solbakken as he leads his side once some-more opposite Lokomotiv Moskva in UEFA Europa League Group F.
Previous meetings
• In Solbakken’s initial spell in charge, København kick Rinat Bilyaletdinov’s Lokomotiv 1-0 in a 2007/08 UEFA Cup organisation theatre diversion in Moscow, Morten Nordstrand’s chastisement settling it.
• The line-ups for that match, on 29 Nov 2007, were:
Lokomotiv: Pelizzoli, Rodolfo, Spahić. Ivanović, Maminov, Odemwingie (Samedov 46), Sychev (Cociş 85), Traoré, Asatiani, Gurenko, D Bilyaletdinov.
København: Christiansen, Nørregaard, Hangeland, Würtz (Sionko 32), Nordstrand (AÃlton 79), Allbäck, Hutchinson, Gravgaard, Antonsson, Wendt, Kvist.
• København’s William Kvist and Mikael Antonsson are a usually players during possibly bar who featured in that fixture.
• København have mislaid usually one of their 5 games opposite Russian teams (W3 D1 L1 – W1 D1 in Copenhagen).
• Lokomotiv have won 5 of their 6 matches opposite Danish sides – the difference being that retreat to København.
Form guide
• But for a 2-1 detriment to Žilina in July’s UEFA Champions League second subordinate turn (in a tie they won 4-3), København would have been dominant in 11 European home fixtures: W7 D3 L1.
• Lokomotiv have mislaid usually one of their final 5 European games on a road: W2 D2 L1.
• Beaten by Qarabağ in a UEFA Champions League play-offs, København have unsuccessful to swell in their final 3 UEFA Europa League organisation theatre campaigns.
• Lokomotiv are contesting a UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League organisation theatre for a fifth season, and have unsuccessful usually once to strech a turn of 32 – finishing bottom of their organisation in 2007/08.
Links and trivia
• The tour west from Moscow to Copenhagen is usually over 1,550km.
• On-loan Lokomotiv brazen Éder scored a extra-time winning idea for Portugal in a UEFA EURO 2016 final opposite France.
The coaches
• StÃ¥le Solbakken’s second coaching reign during København began in 2013. He has won 7 Danish titles with FCK, including 5 in his initial spell from 2006–11. The former Norway midfielder has also led Köln and Wolverhampton.
• Yuri Semin took assign of Lokomotiv for a fourth time in Aug 2016, carrying carried a club’s usually dual Russian titles during his second army from 1992–2005. He also played for Loko from 1975–77, and coached Dynamo Kyiv to a 2008/09 Ukrainian championship.