CSKA Moskva meet Dinamo Moskva as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: VEB Arena (30457 seats)

2nd spot in the Premier League table for CSKA Moskva right now, a good campaign. The home team supporters hope for more excitement as 8th-placed Dinamo Moskva visit VEB Arena.

Insights:
  • CSKA Moskva have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Dinamo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for CSKA Moskva so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for CSKA Moskva, who won 2-1 against Khimki (placed 14th). The versatile forward Chalov outperformed all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Chalov scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match, a home victory hosting Sochi in the Russian Cup.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of CSKA Moskva is on fire here. A stunning 17 from 5 league matches. Moskva have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dinamo Moskva form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Dinamo Moskva play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Akhmat Grozny (placed 6th). Attacker Grulev got a player rating of 7.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Grulev hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that, 2-2 away against Orenburg (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Russian Cup.

Dinamo Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. As for defending, Dinamo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two CSKA Moskva victories, four draws and four Dinamo Moskva wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CSKA MoskvaF. Chalov
F. Chalov
7 goals
CSKA MoskvaJ. Medina Maldonado
J. Medina Maldonado
5 goals
CSKA MoskvaJ. Carrascal Guardo
J. Carrascal Guardo
5 goals

CSKA Moskva missing players

Dinamo Moskva missing players

CSKA Moskva Dinamo Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 0 5 11
7 5 2 Won W 0 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
23 17 7 Scored S 0 9 17
10 4 2 Conceded C 0 9 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 91%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 82%
64% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 55%
36% 60% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
27% 60% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 55%
36% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
4 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.1
4.2 2.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6.5
1.9 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
16.1 18.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.8 11.4
4.9 7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
43% 49% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 45%
 
10.5 8.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 14.5
3.4 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of CSKA Moskva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Dinamo Moskva's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • CSKA Moskva have won all their matches at home so far.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dinamo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dinamo Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 11 9 2 0 32 4 6 6 0 0 23 2 5 3 2 0 9 2 28 29
2 CSKA Moskva 11 7 2 2 23 10 5 5 0 0 17 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 13 23
3 Spartak Moskva 11 7 1 3 24 12 4 3 0 1 9 3 7 4 1 2 15 9 12 22
4 Rostov 11 6 4 1 20 15 6 4 2 0 11 6 5 2 2 1 9 9 5 22
5 Krasnodar 10 6 2 2 21 14 6 4 1 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 20
6 Akhmat Grozny 11 5 2 4 17 17 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 3 0 2 10 9 0 17
7 Sochi 11 5 2 4 18 20 5 4 1 0 11 5 6 1 1 4 7 15 -2 17
8 Dinamo Moskva 11 4 4 3 17 13 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 9 9 4 16
9 Orenburg 11 5 0 6 18 27 5 4 0 1 13 6 6 1 0 5 5 21 -9 15
10 Olimpiyets 11 3 3 5 17 20 6 1 2 3 11 13 5 2 1 2 6 7 -3 12
11 Krylya Sovetov 10 2 4 4 10 14 4 0 2 2 2 5 6 2 2 2 8 9 -4 10
12 Fakel 11 1 6 4 15 22 5 1 3 1 8 9 6 0 3 3 7 13 -7 9
13 Lokomotiv Moskva 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 3 2 12 11 5 1 0 4 3 11 -7 9
14 Khimki 11 2 2 7 12 21 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 1 0 4 6 12 -9 8
15 Ural 11 2 1 8 9 21 6 1 0 5 4 12 5 1 1 3 5 9 -12 7
16 Torpedo Moskva 11 1 2 8 7 23 5 1 0 4 4 11 6 0 2 4 3 12 -16 5

Read more about Premier League

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.