Premier League: A pair of contenders who have performed superbly up to now. Get to know CSKA Moskva - Krasnodar with this complete preview!
- CSKA Moskva have the most scored goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Krasnodar have not yet lost a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Krasnodar, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
CSKA Moskva and Krasnodar 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
4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what CSKA Moskva have to build on here at VEB Arena in the Premier League.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.
It's back home for CSKA Moskva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Krylya Sovetov away with the result 1-0. Diveev found the net in that victory. Defender Zaynutdinov got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Zaynutdinov hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Torpedo Moskva. A Russian Cup game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ural are coming to town in four days.
CSKA Moskva always seem capable of creating a buzz here at VEB Arena with 13 goals in 4 league games. Moskva are not conceding a lot of goals here at VEB Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Krasnodar form and stats
Krasnodar are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Krasnodar had fun at their own home (VEB Arena) last time out, beating Sochi 2-1. Spertsyan and Olusegun scored. Attacker Olusegun got a player rating of 8.03 in the game. "Man of the match" Olusegun scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Earlier, the Russian Cup win away at Khimki.
Krasnodar have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Russian Cup fixture against Lokomotiv Moskva. A back-breaking schedule for the visitors!
Krasnodar have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. Krasnodar are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): CSKA Moskva three wins, three draws and Krasnodar four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Spertsyan 7 goals |  J. Medina Maldonado 4 goals | F. Chalov 4 goals |
CSKA Moskva missing players
Krasnodar missing players
| CSKA Moskva | Krasnodar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 12% |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 19.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.7 | 16.1 |
| 4.9 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 42% |
| 11.5 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
- All of CSKA Moskva's home-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 the most scored goals (13) at home in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have won all their matches at home so far.
- CSKA Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Krasnodar have not yet lost a game away.
- Krasnodar have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sochi | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Khimki | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Fakel | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 4 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -15 | 1 |
