Khimki vs Spartak Moskva: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Khimki (30457 seats)

Khimki are believing in their home fans to aid them to win this fixture with Spartak Moskva. Who triumphs at Arena Khimki?

Insights:
  • Khimki have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Relegation threatens Khimki who should definitely be looking for some points here. Spartak Moskva is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Khimki form and stats

The overall Premier League results playing at home this season for Khimki are 3-8-3 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Khimki in their previous match, an away game at Rostov that ended in defeat 1-2. Lawrence (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Lawrence had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Zenit.

The Khimki fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. Khimki have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Spartak's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zenit that finished 1-1. Defender Dzhikiya was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Dzhikiya won 4 of 4 duels.

In the opposite end, Spartak Moskva have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other before this campaign: Spartak Moskva - Khimki 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Khimki one win, two draws and Spartak Moskva seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KhimkiD. Glushakov
D. Glushakov
9 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
9 goals
Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
6 goals

Khimki missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

Khimki Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
6 3 2 Won W 1 4 10
11 8 2 Drew D 3 3 8
12 3 0 Lost L 1 7 11
32 19 7 Scored S 6 14 36
46 18 2 Conceded C 5 22 39
79% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 79%
52% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 45%
34% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 17%
28% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
55% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 62%
31% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 21%
34% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 17%
 
4.5 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 6.6 5.8
5.5 6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4.2
2.5 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
6 5 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11 11.1 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14.4 15
3.8 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 5
29% 34% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 21% 25%
 
14.6 14.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.8 11
6.3 6.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Khimki have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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 29 19 8 2 66 27 15 13 1 1 43 15 14 6 7 1 23 12 39 65
2 Sochi 29 16 5 8 49 29 15 8 3 4 29 16 14 8 2 4 20 13 20 53
3 Dinamo Moskva 29 16 5 8 52 36 14 7 3 4 24 14 15 9 2 4 28 22 16 53
4 Krasnodar 29 14 7 8 41 29 14 8 2 4 18 12 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 49
5 CSKA Moskva 29 14 5 10 38 29 14 8 3 3 20 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 9 47
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 29 12 9 8 42 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 14 3 7 4 17 22 3 45
7 Krylya Sovetov 29 12 5 12 39 35 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 5 2 8 14 21 4 41
8 Akhmat Grozny 29 13 2 14 35 37 15 9 0 6 23 17 14 4 2 8 12 20 -2 41
9 Rostov 29 10 8 11 47 47 15 6 2 7 28 26 14 4 6 4 19 21 0 38
10 Spartak Moskva 29 10 8 11 36 39 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 4 3 7 14 22 -3 38
11 Ural 29 7 9 13 25 34 15 3 6 6 11 14 14 4 3 7 14 20 -9 30
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 29 7 9 13 25 39 14 3 3 8 11 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -14 30
13 Khimki 29 6 11 12 32 46 14 3 8 3 19 18 15 3 3 9 13 28 -14 29
14 Rubin Kazan' 29 8 5 16 33 54 14 5 2 7 18 23 15 3 3 9 15 31 -21 29
15 Ufa 29 5 12 12 27 39 15 3 8 4 16 17 14 2 4 8 11 22 -12 27
16 Arsenal Tula 29 5 8 16 29 57 14 3 7 4 16 20 15 2 1 12 13 37 -28 23

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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.