Lokomotiv Moskva and Salzburg get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lokomotiv and Salzburg.
These teams have little in common geographically as Salzburg have to travel 1900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Last season, Lokomotiv's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at RZD Arena as Lokomotiv Moskva have scored 9 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). 0W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Lokomotiv Moskva.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Lokomotiv, as their goalkeeper Guilherme Alvim Marinato has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Premier League.
Lokomotiv drew their last game, 0-0 away at Akhmat Grozny. A 0-0 draw away in the Champions League before that, with Atlético Madrid the opponent.
The Lokomotiv goalkeeper Anton Kochenkov was crucial in the match against Akhmat Grozny last time out, making seven saves.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lokomotiv, as the Premier League home game vs Rubin Kazan is only four days away.
Lokomotiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lokomotiv have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Salzburg form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.Playing away, Salzburg have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Tipico Bundesliga this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-1D-3L. This is both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Rheindorf Altach game have they lost an away game, meaning Salzburg has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Salzburg, whose manager J. Marsch could celebrate last time after the Tipico Bundesliga win against St. Polten. A 1-3 defeat away at Bayern München before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Salzburg was very dominant against St. Polten, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 8-2 (!) with Dominik Szoboszlai (3), Sekou Koita (3), Karim Adeyemi and Mergim Berisha providing the goals. Sekou Koita certainly enjoyed Salzburg's last game versus St. Polten, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 8-2 victory.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Tipico Bundesliga trip to Admira.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Salzburg alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (17 from 5 played). As opposed to that, Salzburg have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Salzburg - Lokomotiv 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  S. Koita 10 goals |  P. Daka 6 goals |  M. Berisha 5 goals |
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
Salzburg missing players
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Salzburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 38 | 81 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 37 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.9 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.4 | 15.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Salzburg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sochi | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Krasnodar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 12 | Ural | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -16 | 8 |
| 16 | Ufa | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -20 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 2 | LASK Linz | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Rapid Vienna | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Sturm Graz | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | St. Polten | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Wattens | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 7 | Hartberg | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Ried | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Rheindorf Altach | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
| 12 | Admira | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 4 |