Premier League match preview: Ufa versus Lokomotiv Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Thu 18.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neftyanik (15234 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Neftyanik haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ufa languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Lokomotiv Moskva will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Ufa have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Ufa nor Lokomotiv Moskva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ufa form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Ufa, who have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League, have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadion Neftyanik.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. V. Kamilov was the last player to find the net.

The Ufa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Rubin Kazan here at Stadion Neftyanik in a Premier League match. 0-0 away at Ural before that.

Ufa's goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov was extremely busy against Rubin Kazan, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ufa here at Stadion Neftyanik in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Ufa have conceded 14 goals.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Lokomotiv Moskva go into this game after a win, the home game against Sochi that ended 3-1. Prior to that result Lokomotiv won their away game at Arsenal Tula. The scoreline was 3-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lokomotiv have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. Lokomotiv's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Lokomotiv Moskva - Ufa 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Ufa wins - draws - Lokomotiv Moskva wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv MoskvaF. Smolov
F. Smolov
5 goals
Lokomotiv MoskvaG. Krychowiak
G. Krychowiak
4 goals
Lokomotiv MoskvaA. Miranchuk
A. Miranchuk
4 goals

Ufa missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Ufa Lokomotiv Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 3 11 22
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 11
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 4
14 6 3 Lost L 0 5 7
15 8 2 Scored S 4 12 29
36 14 7 Conceded C 1 18 26
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 86%
64% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 64%
45% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
18% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 18%
36% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 45%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 45% 50%
55% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 3.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9 10.3 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 11 12.1
3 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.9
22% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 27%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
  • Ufa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ufa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ufa have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 22 13 6 3 50 19 12 10 1 1 39 12 10 3 5 2 11 7 31 45
2 Spartak Moskva 22 12 5 5 41 25 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 18 14 16 41
3 CSKA Moskva 22 12 4 6 38 21 11 6 3 2 23 12 11 6 1 4 15 9 17 40
4 Sochi 22 10 7 5 33 25 11 7 4 0 21 8 11 3 3 5 12 17 8 37
5 Rubin Kazan 22 11 4 7 31 26 10 4 3 3 13 12 12 7 1 4 18 14 5 37
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 22 11 4 7 29 26 11 8 1 2 17 8 11 3 3 5 12 18 3 37
7 Dinamo Moskva 22 11 3 8 29 24 11 8 1 2 18 5 11 3 2 6 11 19 5 36
8 Krasnodar 22 10 4 8 42 27 11 7 3 1 29 10 11 3 1 7 13 17 15 34
9 Rostov 22 10 4 8 26 23 10 4 2 4 12 9 12 6 2 4 14 14 3 34
10 Khimki 22 9 5 8 27 31 12 7 1 4 15 13 10 2 4 4 12 18 -4 32
11 Ural 22 5 11 6 19 25 11 4 5 2 10 9 11 1 6 4 9 16 -6 26
12 Akhmat Grozny 22 7 5 10 20 29 11 4 3 4 13 11 11 3 2 6 7 18 -9 26
13 Rotor Volgograd 22 4 6 12 12 32 11 2 2 7 4 14 11 2 4 5 8 18 -20 18
14 Arsenal Tula 22 4 5 13 19 38 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 0 1 10 5 24 -19 17
15 Ufa 22 3 5 14 15 36 10 1 3 6 8 14 12 2 2 8 7 22 -21 14
16 Tambov 22 3 4 15 14 38 12 2 2 8 7 17 10 1 2 7 7 21 -24 13

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.