The Premier League standings tell a tale about these participants up until now, with CSKA Moskva ahead of FK Nizjni Novgorod by 11 points. Get your full match preview:
- CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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 CSKA Moskva and FK Nizjni Novgorod.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for CSKA Moskva so far this season.
The Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Spartak Moskva and winning 2-0.The CSKA Moskva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. From these home matches, CSKA Moskva have conceded only 5 goals.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of FK Nizjni Novgorod playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
The Novgorod goalkeeper Artur Nigmatullin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Before that, FK Nizjni Novgorod secured a home win against Ural with the score 1-0.FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded 14 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. FK Nizjni Novgorod has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought before this season: FK Nizjni Novgorod - Moskva 0-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (CSKA Moskva wins - draws - FK Nizjni Novgorod wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. Akhmetov likes to play against FK Nizjni Novgorod and have scored 3 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Kalinsky 6 goals |   A. Zabolotnyi 5 goals | C. Ejuke 4 goals |
CSKA Moskva missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| CSKA Moskva | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 89% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 35% |
| 14.2 | 14.1 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 15.3 | 14.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.3 | 5 |
- CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (10) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Sochi | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 11 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Ural | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 14 |
