 The both clubs were the most successful in Soviet Top League, with Dynamo having won 13 titles to Spartak's 12.Spartak, however, has better head-to-head record and as of 1 August 2008 they won 60 games with 48 lost out of total 132 games played.The contest emerged as a derby in 1976, when Dynamo beat Spartak, thus relegating them from the top flight.