Premier League match preview: FK Nizjni Novgorod believed to be the weaker party when Spartak Moskva pays a visit

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Nizhny Novgorod (17800 seats)

Look no further! Here's all you need to know about the Premier League fixture FK Nizjni Novgorod - Spartak Moskva!

Insights:
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most scored goals (13) away in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FK Nizjni Novgorod and Spartak Moskva.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for FK Nizjni Novgorod so far this season.

The fans hope that FK Nizjni Novgorod will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Russian Cup fixture against Krasnodar. The first defeat after going undefeated through four league games.

Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against Orenburg that was lost 0-2.

FK Nizjni Novgorod are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spartak Moskva, who have the most scored goals (13) away in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

The club members enjoyed Spartak's previous match versus Zenit, a Russian Cup win (3-0) played at home.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lokomotiv Moskva.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Spartak Moskva are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Spartak Moskva have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings featuring these teams: Novgorod won one, Spartak Moskva triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
8 goals
FK Nizjni NovgorodT. Suleymanov
T. Suleymanov
5 goals
FK Nizjni NovgorodN. Kalinsky
N. Kalinsky
4 goals

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 6 10
3 1 0 Won W 0 3 6
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 1
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
16 10 5 Scored S 1 13 22
18 11 6 Conceded C 2 8 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 80%
70% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
50% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 40%
10% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 60%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 30%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 10%
 
3.4 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 6 5.5
5.3 3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 3.8
3 3.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.4 14.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 19.7 18.8
3.7 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 7 6.8
43% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 31% 32%
 
15.2 10.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.8 12.1
5 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of FK Nizjni Novgorod's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most scored goals (13) away in Premier League
  • 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 10 8 2 0 29 3 5 5 0 0 20 1 5 3 2 0 9 2 26 26
2 Rostov 10 6 4 0 19 12 6 4 2 0 11 6 4 2 2 0 8 6 7 22
3 CSKA Moskva 10 6 2 2 21 9 5 5 0 0 17 4 5 1 2 2 4 5 12 20
4 Krasnodar 10 6 2 2 21 14 6 4 1 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 20
5 Spartak Moskva 10 6 1 3 22 11 4 3 0 1 9 3 6 3 1 2 13 8 11 19
6 Sochi 10 5 2 3 17 16 5 4 1 0 11 5 5 1 1 3 6 11 1 17
7 Dinamo Moskva 10 4 4 2 16 11 6 3 2 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 8 7 5 16
8 Akhmat Grozny 10 4 2 4 15 16 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 3 0 2 10 9 -1 14
9 FK Nizjni Novgorod 10 3 3 4 16 18 5 1 2 2 10 11 5 2 1 2 6 7 -2 12
10 Orenburg 10 4 0 6 14 26 4 3 0 1 9 5 6 1 0 5 5 21 -12 12
11 Krylya Sovetov 10 2 4 4 10 14 4 0 2 2 2 5 6 2 2 2 8 9 -4 10
12 Lokomotiv Moskva 10 2 3 5 13 18 5 1 3 1 10 7 5 1 0 4 3 11 -5 9
13 Fakel 10 1 5 4 13 20 4 1 2 1 6 7 6 0 3 3 7 13 -7 8
14 Khimki 10 2 2 6 11 19 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 1 0 4 6 12 -8 8
15 Ural 10 1 1 8 5 19 6 1 0 5 4 12 4 0 1 3 1 7 -14 4
16 Torpedo Moskva 10 1 1 8 5 21 5 1 0 4 4 11 5 0 1 4 1 10 -16 4

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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.