CSKA Moskva greet Krylya Sovetov as obvious favourites: Full preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: VEB Arena (30457 seats)

CSKA Moskva have done better than Krylya Sovetov so far, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

CSKA Moskva have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The CSKA Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 384 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

Happy days for Moskva in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Ural (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Jaka Bijol, defender, was given a rating of 8.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Bijol hit the woodwork once and won 5 of 7 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Olimpiyets with a 2-0 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier CSKA Moskva matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and two defeats (from four games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for CSKA Moskva as they are travelling to their away game against Metallurg Lipetsk in the Russian Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Moskva are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Defensively Moskva have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

Playing away, Krylya Sovetov have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.

The Sovetov goalkeeper Ivan Lomaev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 191 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Vladislav Sarveli (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Olimpiyets in their previous game. The attacker Vladislav Sarveli got a match rating of 8.42 in that game. Sarveli scored two goals.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zenit wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sovetov when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.

The schedule is very tough for Sovetov now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Russian Cup game at Yenisey is waiting in only three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sovetov have scored 6 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Sovetov have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these participants: Moskva won seven, Krylya Sovetov were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Krylya SovetovV. Sarveli
V. Sarveli
4 goals
MoskvaC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
3 goals
Krylya SovetovI. Sergeev
I. Sergeev
3 goals

CSKA Moskva missing players

Krylya Sovetov missing players

CSKA Moskva Krylya Sovetov
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 11
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
14 5 2 Scored S 2 6 14
8 2 2 Conceded C 2 8 13
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 73%
36% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 55%
55% 80% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 27%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 18%
 
6.1 8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 4.6
4.9 5.6 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 6.3 5.5
1.7 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.3 16.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.5 11.4
4.9 5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 2.9
26% 20% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 44%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Krylya Sovetov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 2 2 23 14 5 4 0 1 10 6 6 3 2 1 13 8 9 23
2 Sochi 11 7 0 4 17 12 5 4 0 1 11 4 6 3 0 3 6 8 5 21
3 CSKA Moskva 11 6 2 3 14 8 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 20
4 Dinamo Moskva 11 6 2 3 16 11 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 4 1 1 10 6 5 20
5 Krasnodar 11 5 3 3 18 10 5 3 1 1 9 4 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 18
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 11 4 6 1 15 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 1 5 0 6 5 5 18
7 Spartak Moskva 11 5 2 4 13 10 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 2 1 2 3 3 3 17
8 Krylya Sovetov 11 5 1 5 14 13 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 16
9 Rubin Kazan 11 4 3 4 15 13 7 3 2 2 11 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 15
10 Olimpiyets 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 1 0 4 5 9 6 3 2 1 7 6 -3 14
11 Arsenal Tula 11 3 3 5 14 20 6 2 3 1 7 8 5 1 0 4 7 12 -6 12
12 Akhmat Grozny 11 4 0 7 11 18 5 2 0 3 5 7 6 2 0 4 6 11 -7 12
13 Khimki 11 2 5 4 10 15 6 1 4 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 11
14 Ufa 11 2 3 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 8 10 5 1 1 3 4 8 -6 9
15 Rostov 11 2 3 6 15 23 5 0 1 4 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 9
16 Ural 11 2 3 6 5 14 7 1 3 3 4 7 4 1 0 3 1 7 -9 9

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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.