Only victory will be enough for the Dinamo Moskva regulars in this VTB Arena battle with Khimki, as they enjoy a healthy lead on their opponents in the Premier League table.
- Dinamo Moskva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Dinamo Moskva and Khimki 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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
Dinamo Moskva have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-2.
An away draw last time out for Dinamo, facing Spartak Moskva in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Dinamo in the Spartak Moskva match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The hometeam coach S. Schwarz made a successful contribution in the game against Spartak Moskva, bringing on Konstantin Tyukavin who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Ivan Ordets was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.93 out of 10. The defender Ordets scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Krylya Sovetov with the scoreline 0-1.There will be little rest for Dinamo Moskva after this match as they are travelling to Orenburg for a Russian Cup game in only four days.
Dinamo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Dinamo Moskva have conceded 5 goals.
Khimki form and stats
Playing away, Khimki have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
278 minutes! That's how long the Khimki goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Khimki won their last game, 2-0 versus Akhmat Grozny played at home. Goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov got the top player rating of the team with 7.45/10. Lantratov stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A draw for Khimki before that, at their own venue hosting Lokomotiv Moskva (0-0).The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Russian Cup trip to Baltika.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Khimki as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Khimki struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dinamo four wins, three draws and Khimki three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Glushakov 6 goals |   D. Fomin 5 goals | S. Szymański 3 goals |
Dinamo Moskva missing players
Khimki missing players
| Dinamo Moskva | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 36% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 5.7 | 7.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18.5 | 20.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 19% | 21% |
- Dinamo Moskva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Dinamo Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 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 |