It's advantage Dinamo Moskva so far with their 4th position in the Premier League table, welcoming Lokomotiv Moskva who are placed 8th.
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
Dinamo Moskva, who have the most points (16) at home in Premier League, are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at VEB Arena. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Dinamo, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
It's back home for Dinamo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tambov away with the result 2-1. Nikolay Komlichenko and Daniil Lesovoy found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sochi.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Nikolay Komlichenko scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
Dinamo has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Dinamo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.
Lokomotiv played 1-1 against Atlético Madrid in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Lokomotiv manager M. Nikolić faced defeat when travelling to Sochi and losing 1-2.
Lokomotiv are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Lokomotiv are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Dinamo won one, Lokomotiv Moskva won four and five draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Lesovoy 3 goals |   F. Smolov 3 goals | N. Komlichenko 2 goals |
Dinamo Moskva missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Dinamo Moskva | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 14% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 54% |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 210 | 107 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 67 | 167 |
| 72 | 33 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 23 | 62 |
| 21% | 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 23% |
- Dinamo Moskva has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premier League
- Dinamo Moskva has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
- Dinamo Moskva has the most points (16) at home in Premier League
- Dinamo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lokomotiv Moskva has the most clean sheets (7) 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 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Zenit | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Rostov | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Sochi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Ural | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Tambov | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 6 |