Dinamo Moskva are enjoying their stay in the top table spots while FK Nizjni Novgorod are more nervous about staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Premier League games here at VTB Arena for Dinamo Moskva. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Dinamo Moskva shared the glory with Spartak Moskva in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The striker Makarov won the honour of being "man of the match" for Dinamo with the rating of 7.65/10. Makarov scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-0 scoreline against Akron (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Russian Cup.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 16 latest league games reveals that 12 of them had at least one goal from each team.
A decent goal production from Dinamo Moskva in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Dinamo Moskva are not conceding a lot of goals here at VTB Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
There's been little loot from FK Nizjni Novgorod's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. FK Nizjni Novgorod only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. With the Novgorod losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
FK Nizjni Novgorod lost away at Krasnodar (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Kalinskiy got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Kalinskiy hit two key passes.
A loss against Lokomotiv Moskva was the result prior to that, in a home game.Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting FK Nizjni Novgorod as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Novgorod rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. FK Nizjni Novgorod has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides met earlier this season; FK Nizjni Novgorod - Dinamo Moskva 2-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Dinamo wins - draws - FK Nizjni Novgorod wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Suleymanov 9 goals |  K. Tyukavin 7 goals |  F. Smolov 7 goals |
Dinamo Moskva missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Dinamo Moskva | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 39 | 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 29 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 44 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 82% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 86% |
| 59% | 45% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 36% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 36% |
| 18% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 64% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 27% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 14% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 36% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 12.6 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.6 | 10.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 41% | 40% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 30% |
| 12.8 | 13 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 16.8 | 14.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 46 | 54 |
| 2 | Rostov | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 35 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Sochi | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -9 | 31 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -20 | 19 |
| 14 | Fakel | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Khimki | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 13 |
