Home advantage could prove decisive in Krasnodar - Lokomotiv Moskva battle

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 13.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Krasnodar (35074 seats)

Krasnodar and Lokomotiv Moskva have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva has the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League

The visiting Lokomotiv Moskva played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Bayern München. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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.

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Krasnodar form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Stadion FK Krasnodar for Krasnodar. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Krasnodar bring valid hopes of a third.

Krasnodar manager M. Musaev and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Chelsea in the Champions League. Before that, Krasnodar had a Premier League home game versus Rotor Volgograd which ended with a victory 5-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Krasnodar handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Ufa in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion FK Krasnodar.

Krasnodar are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion FK Krasnodar in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

Playing away, Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League, have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Two away games in a row for Lokomotiv, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Bayern München in the Champions League. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Rubin Kazan.

Lokomotiv are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lokomotiv manager M. Nikolić as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Khimki.

The attacking power of Lokomotiv Moskva when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Lokomotiv have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lokomotiv Moskva - Krasnodar 1-0 earlier this season. Krasnodar-Lokomotiv Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Krasnodar four wins, Lokomotiv Moskva four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KrasnodarM. Berg
M. Berg
6 goals
KrasnodarR. Cabella
R. Cabella
5 goals
KrasnodarV. Claesson
V. Claesson
4 goals

Krasnodar missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Krasnodar Lokomotiv Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 8 17
7 5 1 Won W 1 2 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
7 1 0 Lost L 1 3 5
29 21 3 Scored S 3 7 19
19 8 1 Conceded C 2 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 82%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 53%
41% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 41%
29% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
41% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 47%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 53%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.8 3.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
17.1 19.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10.5 12.4
6.1 7.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5
27% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 22%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Krasnodar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Moskva have scored away.
  • Krasnodar have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Krasnodar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva has the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League

  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 17 10 5 2 37 13 8 7 0 1 27 8 9 3 5 1 10 5 24 35
2 Spartak Moskva 17 10 5 2 32 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 5 2 1 15 9 15 35
3 CSKA Moskva 17 10 3 4 30 14 9 5 2 2 19 10 8 5 1 2 11 4 16 33
4 Dinamo Moskva 17 9 3 5 23 16 9 7 1 1 15 3 8 2 2 4 8 13 7 30
5 Rostov 17 9 2 6 22 17 8 4 1 3 11 6 9 5 1 3 11 11 5 29
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 17 8 4 5 19 17 9 6 1 2 12 7 8 2 3 3 7 10 2 28
7 Sochi 17 7 6 4 25 22 8 4 4 0 14 8 9 3 2 4 11 14 3 27
8 Akhmat Grozny 17 7 4 6 19 20 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 3 2 4 7 12 -1 25
9 Krasnodar 17 7 3 7 29 19 8 5 2 1 21 8 9 2 1 6 8 11 10 24
10 Rubin Kazan 17 7 3 7 23 25 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 4 0 4 12 14 -2 24
11 Ural 17 4 7 6 13 20 9 3 4 2 9 9 8 1 3 4 4 11 -7 19
12 Khimki 17 5 4 8 20 28 8 3 1 4 8 10 9 2 3 4 12 18 -8 19
13 Arsenal Tula 17 3 5 9 17 28 9 3 4 2 12 10 8 0 1 7 5 18 -11 14
14 Ufa 17 3 4 10 14 29 9 1 3 5 8 11 8 2 1 5 6 18 -15 13
15 Tambov 17 3 3 11 12 27 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 12
16 Rotor Volgograd 17 1 5 11 7 30 8 0 1 7 2 14 9 1 4 4 5 16 -23 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.