Rubin Kazan will pray that their home advantage is enough to get something from this strenuous meeting, versus high-octane CSKA Moskva.
- Rubin Kazan have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CSKA Moskva, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Rubin Kazan form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Rubin Kazan are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Rubin Kazan manager Rakhimov might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Rubin in their previous game, a fixture away at Akhmat Grozny (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Teslenko got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.82/10. Teslenko won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Ural in the Russian Cup.
Rubin Kazan are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played). When Rubin Kazan hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Rostov, Fakel, Sochi, Baltika and Orenburg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for CSKA Moskva so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Moskva's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
CSKA Moskva has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Spartak Moskva for a 2-2 draw. Gajić, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.32. Gajić scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 2 of 7 duels.
A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Fakel (after extra-time), earlier.
Observe! Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's last 11 league matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Rubin Kazan victories, two draws and four CSKA Moskva wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Chalov 6 goals |  A. Zabolotnyi 5 goals |   J. Fameyeh 3 goals |
Rubin Kazan missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Rubin Kazan | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 20 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 73% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 55% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 27% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | 12.1 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 22% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 42% | 45% |
| 12.2 | 11.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 3.3 |
- All of CSKA Moskva's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Rubin Kazan's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- CSKA Moskva have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSKA Moskva have scored in all their matches so far.
- CSKA Moskva have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rubin Kazan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Rubin Kazan have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Rubin Kazan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rubin Kazan have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- Rubin Kazan have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Rubin Kazan have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Rubin Kazan have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Premier League
- Rubin Kazan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Zenit | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Olimpiyets | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Ural | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Baltika | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Rostov | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Fakel | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Sochi | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
