Rostov – Ural – Thomas Giles prediction

Rostov come up against midtable Ural knowing that they must pick up 3 points to have a good chance of finishing in the Champions League places, whether their financial situation will allow them to actually play in the competition is another matter.

Ural have dropped off the pace completely in recent weeks and it seems that they, along with the other mid-table teams with nothing to fight for, are more concerned about not getting injured than picking up results – their last win came 6 games ago.

Highly-rated former Ural player Aleksandr Erokhin will be relishing the opportunity to perform well and score against his former employers so I would back him to do so as he gives you slightly better value than the other likely Rostov goalscorers.