Arena Khimki: Khimki vs Krasnodar Premier League pre-match guide

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Khimki (30457 seats)

Khimki are counting on their home fans to aid them to do well in this match with Krasnodar. Who wins at Arena Khimki?

Insights:
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals away as Khimki have scored home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Khimki form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Khimki have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Arena Khimki. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Khimki, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Khimki's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Rostov (placed 2nd).

Prior to that, an away loss at Zenit.

Khimki have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Khimki have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Krasnodar form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Krasnodar playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Krasnodar have lost on their last two travels.

There might be some fixture complaints from Krasnodar as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 2-3 against Lokomotiv Moskva. A huge disappointment for Krasnodar in their last match (vs Lokomotiv Moskva). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat. Córdoba, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Córdoba scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, the Russian Cup win away at Akhmat Grozny.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this team's 14 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.

After this away game Krasnodar return home for a Russian Cup game against Akron. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Krasnodar are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Krasnodar have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Khimki.

Here's the final score when the teams met earlier this season; Krasnodar - Khimki 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

KrasnodarE. Spertsyan
E. Spertsyan
9 goals
KrasnodarJ. Córdoba Copete
J. Córdoba Copete
7 goals
KhimkiA. Dolgov
A. Dolgov
4 goals

Khimki missing players

Krasnodar missing players

Khimki Krasnodar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 5 10 20
3 2 1 Won W 2 3 8
4 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
13 5 2 Lost L 1 4 7
19 8 3 Scored S 11 18 38
41 12 5 Conceded C 7 20 35
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 80% 90%
80% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 85%
60% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 70% 75%
40% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 70% 65%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 60% 40%
55% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 70% 70%
20% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 30% 25%
35% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 15%
 
3.8 4.5 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.2
4.3 4.3 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.3 5
2.5 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3.4 2.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.9 10.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 13 14.6
3.5 3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.6 5 5.3
27% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 36%
 
15.8 14.7 20 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 16.8 14.9
6.6 6 8.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 6.7 5.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Khimki have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals away as Khimki have scored home.

  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 20 15 3 2 53 10 10 9 0 1 37 6 10 6 3 1 16 4 43 48
2 Rostov 20 12 5 3 36 27 11 7 2 2 20 15 9 5 3 1 16 12 9 41
3 Spartak Moskva 20 12 4 4 45 24 9 7 1 1 25 9 11 5 3 3 20 15 21 40
4 CSKA Moskva 20 10 5 5 35 20 10 7 2 1 25 8 10 3 3 4 10 12 15 35
5 Dinamo Moskva 20 10 5 5 36 24 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 3 3 4 16 16 12 35
6 Akhmat Grozny 20 10 2 8 31 29 10 4 2 4 12 12 10 6 0 4 19 17 2 32
7 Orenburg 20 10 1 9 40 40 10 8 1 1 28 11 10 2 0 8 12 29 0 31
8 Krasnodar 20 8 5 7 38 35 10 5 2 3 20 15 10 3 3 4 18 20 3 29
9 Sochi 20 8 4 8 29 39 10 6 3 1 20 12 10 2 1 7 9 27 -10 28
10 Ural 20 7 4 9 24 31 11 4 1 6 12 17 9 3 3 3 12 14 -7 25
11 Lokomotiv Moskva 20 6 4 10 27 37 10 2 3 5 17 19 10 4 1 5 10 18 -10 22
12 Olimpiyets 20 5 5 10 24 35 10 2 3 5 15 21 10 3 2 5 9 14 -11 20
13 Krylya Sovetov 20 5 5 10 20 31 9 2 3 4 7 10 11 3 2 6 13 21 -11 20
14 Fakel 20 2 11 7 27 37 10 2 7 1 17 15 10 0 4 6 10 22 -10 17
15 Khimki 20 3 4 13 19 41 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 1 1 8 11 29 -22 13
16 Torpedo Moskva 20 1 5 14 10 34 10 1 1 8 4 17 10 0 4 6 6 17 -24 8

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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.