CSKA
The army men didn't finish last year too successfully, ending it at an unusually low 8th place. However, they are only 4 points behind Dynamo, who are in third place, and CSKA often plays successfully at the end of the season in spring.
This winter, CSKA probably made the loudest transfer bomb by signing a contract with Danil Krugovoy from "Zenit". However, it will only come into effect in the summer, so Vladimir Fedotov cannot count on him yet.
The army men also signed forward Tamerlan Musaev from "Baltika", who once played for the red-blue academy, and midfielder of the Algerian youth national team Sid Ahmed Aissaoui. But an even more important addition was the return of Igor Diveev to the field, who had not played since July due to an ankle injury.
So far, the army men have only lost once during the training camps in a match against "Sochi" (1:2), winning the other six encounters against "Khimki" (3:0), "Rodina" (4:0), "Fakel" (1:0), "Andijan" (2:0), "Torpedo" (3:2), and "Sohar" (4:1). The CSKA attack leaders are also in good shape – Ivan Oblyakov and Victor Davila scored 4 goals each, and Fedor Chalov scored 3.