Premier League preview: Can Dinamo Moskva edge out victory against Spartak Moskva?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: VTB Arena

A peek at the Premier League standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Read our Dinamo Moskva - Spartak Moskva guide!

Insights:
  • Dinamo Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Russian Cup.

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Dinamo Moskva form and stats

Dinamo Moskva have performed here at VTB Arena this season with 6 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

Before that match, a Premier League win away at Khimki.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Dinamo Moskva have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.

A decent goal production from Dinamo Moskva in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Dinamo have conceded only 8 goals.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Spartak Moskva so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Promes was the last player to score for the away team. Spartak Moskva haven't scored a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

A loss against CSKA Moskva was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Spartak Moskva's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Spartak Moskva - Dinamo 2-2 was the result in these participants' previous head to head game, earlier this season. Dinamo Moskva-Spartak Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dinamo Moskva two wins, Spartak Moskva four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo MoskvaD. Fomin
D. Fomin
7 goals
Dinamo MoskvaV. Grulev
V. Grulev
6 goals
DinamoS. Szymański
S. Szymański
6 goals

Dinamo Moskva missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

Dinamo Moskva Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 4 9 19
12 6 2 Won W 1 2 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
4 2 1 Lost L 3 5 8
36 19 4 Scored S 2 6 20
20 8 2 Conceded C 11 16 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 74%
53% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
32% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 16%
26% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 5%
58% 60% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 58%
37% 30% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 21%
5% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
5.9 6.4 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 7.7 6.1
3.6 3.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4.1
2.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
18.5 18.5 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 17 15.8 15.2
7.1 6.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.5
27% 28% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 13% 23%
 
9.6 8.5 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 10.7 10.6
3.4 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spartak Moskva have scored away.
  • Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dinamo Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Spartak Moskva have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Spartak Moskva 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 19 12 5 2 47 22 10 8 1 1 31 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 25 41
2 Dinamo Moskva 19 12 3 4 36 20 10 6 2 2 19 8 9 6 1 2 17 12 16 39
3 Sochi 19 11 1 7 32 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 11 34
4 CSKA Moskva 19 10 3 6 23 16 9 5 2 2 10 5 10 5 1 4 13 11 7 33
5 Akhmat Grozny 19 10 0 9 26 25 10 7 0 3 17 10 9 3 0 6 9 15 1 30
6 Krasnodar 18 8 5 5 29 18 8 4 2 2 11 6 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 29
7 Lokomotiv Moskva 18 7 7 4 24 19 9 5 1 3 14 9 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 28
8 Krylya Sovetov 18 8 3 7 22 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 27
9 Spartak Moskva 19 6 5 8 20 28 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 6 16 -8 23
10 Rubin Kazan 19 6 4 9 25 30 9 4 2 3 14 11 10 2 2 6 11 19 -5 22
11 FK Nizjni Novgorod 19 6 4 9 19 30 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 3 3 3 9 14 -11 22
12 Ural 19 4 7 8 12 19 9 1 5 3 5 8 10 3 2 5 7 11 -7 19
13 Arsenal Tula 19 5 4 10 21 37 9 3 4 2 11 11 10 2 0 8 10 26 -16 19
14 Rostov 18 4 6 8 30 35 9 2 2 5 17 19 9 2 4 3 13 16 -5 18
15 Ufa 19 3 7 9 18 28 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 1 3 6 7 16 -10 16
16 Khimki 19 2 8 9 16 34 10 1 6 3 10 14 9 1 2 6 6 20 -18 14

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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.