The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with CSKA Moskva leading Rotor Volgograd by 25 points. Match preview to follow:
- CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
The hosts Moskva saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Russian Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Arsenal Tula.
It's quite the trip for Rotor Volgograd when visiting CSKA Moskva as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
CSKA Moskva have played 12 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Moskva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arsenal Tula away with the result 2-1. M. Fernandes and V. Karpov found the net in that victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tambov and winning 2-1.
Goals decide football matches and Moskva are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 12 league matches. Moskva have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League, have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-5 (11 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Volgograd as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Khimki match.
Volgograd have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 379 minutes ago. N. Kipiani was the goal scorer.
Volgograd failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Rostov.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Rotor Volgograd we find one game. Results are zero Rotor Volgograd wins, zero draws and one defeat.
The attacking power of Rotor Volgograd when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Volgograd have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rotor Volgograd - CSKA Moskva 0-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Moskva, zero draws and zero wins for Rotor Volgograd. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  N. Vlašić 11 goals |  K. Kuchaev 6 goals | F. Chalov 5 goals |
CSKA Moskva missing players
Rotor Volgograd missing players
| CSKA Moskva | Rotor Volgograd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 42 | 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 25 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 83% |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 62% |
| 54% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 38% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 21% |
| 8% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 58% | 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 29% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 25% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 8.9 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 27% | 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 17% |
- CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CSKA Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rotor Volgograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Sochi | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Rostov | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | Khimki | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 34 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Ural | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -26 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -30 | 13 |