Soccer match preview: Dinamo Moskva confident before travelling to Khimki

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Khimki (30457 seats)

Khimki ended up with a 1-4 scoreline against Akhmat Grozny in their previous game, a fixture to learn from. The next task is this bright Dinamo Moskva side.

Insights:
  • Khimki is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Dinamo Moskva is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier League

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Khimki form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 6 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Khimki are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Khimki faced defeat in their previous match, away at Akhmat Grozny (1-4). Dagerstål, defender, was given a rating of 7.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Dagerstål won 4 of 6 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Khimki lost 1-4 at Akhmat Grozny's place.

Khimki are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded. When Khimki hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FK Nizjni Novgorod, Rostov, Ufa, Arsenal Tula and Ural), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Dinamo Moskva form and stats

Dinamo Moskva have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.

Dinamo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Zenit (placed 1st) in their previous match. Varela was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.54. The defender Varela served one assist, hit three key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Zenit.

A new game in only three days for Dinamo Moskva, the Russian Cup home match versus FK Nizjni Novgorod. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Dinamo Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. As for defending, Dinamo Moskva rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Moskva - Khimki 4-1 was the result in these teams' previous h2h match, earlier this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Khimki, three draws and four wins for Dinamo Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

KhimkiD. Glushakov
D. Glushakov
7 goals
Dinamo MoskvaV. Grulev
V. Grulev
6 goals
Dinamo MoskvaD. Fomin
D. Fomin
6 goals

Khimki missing players

Dinamo Moskva missing players

Khimki Dinamo Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
2 1 0 Won W 3 5 11
8 6 1 Drew D 0 1 3
8 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
16 10 4 Scored S 6 14 33
31 11 6 Conceded C 2 12 20
78% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 78%
50% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 50%
33% 22% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 33%
22% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 38% 28%
56% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 61%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 33%
33% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.9 5.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.1 5.8
5.1 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 3.7
2.5 2.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.1 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 21 17.4 18
3.9 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.7 6.2 6.6
23% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 28% 28%
 
14.2 13.8 14 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.5 9.8
6.1 6.2 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Dinamo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Khimki.
  • Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dinamo Moskva is in the best form (4-1-1) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League
  • Khimki is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 18 11 5 2 44 20 9 7 1 1 28 11 9 4 4 1 16 9 24 38
2 Dinamo Moskva 18 11 3 4 33 20 10 6 2 2 19 8 8 5 1 2 14 12 13 36
3 Sochi 18 10 1 7 30 21 9 6 0 3 20 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 9 31
4 CSKA Moskva 18 9 3 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 10 5 9 4 1 4 11 11 5 30
5 Krasnodar 18 8 5 5 29 18 8 4 2 2 11 6 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 29
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 18 7 7 4 24 19 9 5 1 3 14 9 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 28
7 Krylya Sovetov 18 8 3 7 22 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 27
8 Akhmat Grozny 18 9 0 9 24 24 9 6 0 3 15 9 9 3 0 6 9 15 0 27
9 Spartak Moskva 18 6 5 7 20 26 9 4 3 2 14 10 9 2 2 5 6 16 -6 23
10 Rubin Kazan 18 6 4 8 23 27 9 4 2 3 14 11 9 2 2 5 9 16 -4 22
11 Ural 18 4 7 7 12 18 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 3 2 4 7 10 -6 19
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 18 5 4 9 18 30 9 2 1 6 9 16 9 3 3 3 9 14 -12 19
13 Arsenal Tula 18 5 4 9 21 35 9 3 4 2 11 11 9 2 0 7 10 24 -14 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 18 3 7 8 17 26 9 2 4 3 11 12 9 1 3 5 6 14 -9 16
16 Khimki 18 2 8 8 16 31 9 1 6 2 10 11 9 1 2 6 6 20 -15 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.