FK Nizjni Novgorod believe to get a lot of fans in for this match even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 15 points and a 13th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Rubin Kazan' have 9th place with 22 pts.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- All of Rubin Kazan''s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, FK Nizjni Novgorod are certainly not brimming with confidence. Novgorod are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sochi match.
Novgorod drew their last game, also a home match. Krylya Sovetov (placed 6th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Goalkeeper Artur Nigmatullin got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.62 out of ten. Nigmatullin stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as FK Nizjni Novgorod lost 1-5 at Zenit's place.Novgorod have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Novgorod defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Playing away, Rubin Kazan' have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Kazan''s previous game was their home loss versus Dinamo Moskva (2-3). It is a bit worrying for Kazan' that their goalie Yuri Dyupin managed seven saves in the Dinamo Moskva match, but still could not save them from a loss. Mikhail Kostyukov was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Kostyukov won 6 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sochi with the score of 2-1.Kazan' have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Kazan' have conceded 12 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the match result Rubin Kazan' - Novgorod 0-1 written in the official records. FK Nizjni Novgorod-Rubin Kazan' H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: FK Nizjni Novgorod one win, Rubin Kazan' one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Dreyer 6 goals |   A. Kozlov 4 goals |  N. Kalinsky 3 goals |
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 23 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 56% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 31% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 12% |
| 69% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 25% |
| 19% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 7.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13.7 | 13.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 30% |
| 14.6 | 14 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 17.6 | 16.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.6 | 6 |
- All of Rubin Kazan''s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the fewest points (4) at home in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rubin Kazan' 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 36 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Sochi | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Krylya Sovetov | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan' | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Rostov | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Ufa | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Khimki | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Ural | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 13 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 13 |