According to the press service of Lokomotiv, at the end of the match of the 14th round of the Russian football championship against Dynamo, Smolov was diagnosed with an injury.

The survey showed that the recovery period will be six weeks.

The nature of the injury has not been reported.

In the 2020/21 season, Smolov played 16 matches and scored three goals.

Earlier it was reported that Georgy Jikia will become the captain of the Russian national team in the match with the Moldavian team.