Premier League: High-level vs modest, at least according to the table. CSKA Moskva - FK Nizjni Novgorod. Home win or a shock result?
- CSKA Moskva have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.
CSKA Moskva and FK Nizjni Novgorod should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
CSKA Moskva are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at VEB Arena. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Happy days for CSKA Moskva in their previous game, a fixture away at Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. At last, a league win after three matches without. Zaynutdinov was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.3 out of 10. The defender Zaynutdinov won 10 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Orenburg that finished 2-2.There will be little rest for Moskva after this match as they are travelling to Ural for a Russian Cup game in only two days.
Goals are plentiful at VEB Arena in the league this season as CSKA Moskva has scored 20 goals here in 7 home games.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Recent form does not give FK Nizjni Novgorod much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. CSKA Moskva will be a tough nut to crack.
Two away games in a row for Novgorod, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Krylya Sovetov. It is probably bad news for FK Nizjni Novgorod that their goalie Nigmatullin made nine saves in the Krylya Sovetov match, but still couldn't save them from a defeat.
A loss against Krasnodar was the result prior to that, in a home game.Novgorod have another fixture that requires travelling in just two nights, a Russian Cup match vs Khimki. A demanding timetable for them!
9 goals have been conceded by FK Nizjni Novgorod in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged match between these sides is the FK Nizjni Novgorod - CSKA Moskva 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three CSKA Moskva victories, two draws and one FK Nizjni Novgorod win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Chalov 10 goals | J. Medina Maldonado 6 goals |  T. Suleymanov 6 goals |
CSKA Moskva missing players
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| CSKA Moskva | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 29 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 27 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 87% |
| 60% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 20% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 60% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 60% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 6.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 4.3 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.1 | 16.9 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.9 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 10.8 | 7.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19.3 | 15.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.5 |
- All of CSKA Moskva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- CSKA Moskva have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at home.
- CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.
- CSKA Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- CSKA Moskva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- CSKA Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 39 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Rostov | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -6 | 22 |
| 9 | Sochi | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Ural | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Fakel | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Khimki | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 9 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -19 | 6 |
