Sheriff v Lokomotiv Moskva background
Sheriff have been specialising in goalless draws in Europe this season, though might find a purify piece tough to come by opposite Lokomotiv Moskva in UEFA Europa League Group F.
Previous meetings
• The sides are assembly for a initial time in UEFA competition, though came together in a semi-finals of a 2003 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup – a foe for a champions of a former Soviet nations. Sheriff won 1-0 nonetheless Lokomotiv fielded a haven team, with a seniors divided from Moscow on a training camp.
• All 4 of Sheriff’s prior UEFA games opposite Russian teams finished in draws, while Lokomotiv have not played a Moldovan side in a UEFA compare before.
Form guide
• Sheriff are on a run of 3 uninterrupted 0-0 draws, and 4 draws in total; including UEFA Champions League qualifying, 5 of their final 6 ties in Europe this deteriorate have finished turn (four of them 0-0).
• Lokomotiv are dominant in 3 in Europe (W2 D1), and – like Sheriff – have nonetheless to concur in Group F.
• Moldovan champions Sheriff featured in a 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2013/14 UEFA Europa League organisation stages, though are still to seem in a open proviso of a UEFA competition.
• Lokomotiv are contesting a UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League organisation theatre for a fifth time, and have unsuccessful usually once to strech a turn of 32 – finishing bottom of their organisation in 2007/08.
Trivia and links
• The tour from Moscow to Tiraspol is usually over 1,100km.
• Sheriff defender Vitalie Bordian played for Lokomotiv from 2002–04 – without creation a comparison appearance – and after returned to Russia with Volga Nizhny Novgorod (2012–14).
• Lokomotiv’s Manuel Fernandes scored a second hat-trick of a 2017/18 organisation theatre on matchday two, attack 3 in a opening 17 mins opposite ZlÃn.
• On-loan Lokomotiv brazen Éder struck a extra-time winning idea for Portugal in a UEFA EURO 2016 final opposite France.
The coaches
• In assign of Sheriff given Oct 2016, Roberto Bordin is best famous in his local Italy for his prolonged career as a midfielder, holding in spells during Atalanta, Napoli and Piacenza. He was 40 when he finally hung adult his boots during Spezia in 2005.
• 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.