Betting preview: Lokomotiv Moskva vs CSKA Moskva should be interesting

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: RZD Arena (28800 seats)

CSKA Moskva go on their trip to Lokomotiv Moskva and RZD Arena loaded with optimism, but the home team is no pushover. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Lokomotiv Moskva at their home stadium (RZD Arena) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Lokomotiv has recorded two wins in a row here at RZD Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Lokomotiv Moskva fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Khimki and win 3-2. Barinov was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The defender Barinov signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.

Lokomotiv have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RZD Arena with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Lokomotiv Moskva's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, CSKA Moskva have produced an overall stat of 5-1-4 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. CSKA Moskva hope to make it five in this match.

The Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 360 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Impressive finishing from Yazıcı secured the home win 1-0 against Olimpiyets in their previous game. Yazıcı, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.03. Yazıcı scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with CSKA Moskva playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were one CSKA Moskva win, two draws and five defeats.

CSKA Moskva find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by CSKA Moskva in these games.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Moskva - Lokomotiv 1-2 was the result in these participants' latest head to head match, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Lokomotiv Moskva won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and CSKA Moskva got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv MoskvaR. Zhemaletdinov
R. Zhemaletdinov
5 goals
CSKA MoskvaA. Zabolotnyi
A. Zabolotnyi
5 goals
CSKA MoskvaC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
4 goals

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
8 6 2 Won W 2 5 11
7 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 3 0 Lost L 1 4 6
27 17 5 Scored S 3 13 24
21 11 3 Conceded C 1 11 16
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
84% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 55%
53% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 30%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 20%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
74% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 30%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 55%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 25%
 
5.5 5.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 5.3
5.9 6.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.6 4.2
3.4 3.2 4.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.6 1.8
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.8 11.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12.6 13.7
4.3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.9 4.9
33% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 24%
 
13.3 12.1 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 14.2 13.6
4.1 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
  • Lokomotiv Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 19 12 5 2 47 22 10 8 1 1 31 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 25 41
2 Dinamo Moskva 20 12 3 5 36 22 11 6 2 3 19 10 9 6 1 2 17 12 14 39
3 CSKA Moskva 20 11 3 6 24 16 10 6 2 2 11 5 10 5 1 4 13 11 8 36
4 Sochi 19 11 1 7 32 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 11 34
5 Krasnodar 19 9 5 5 31 19 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 4 3 3 18 12 12 32
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 19 8 7 4 27 21 10 6 1 3 17 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 6 31
7 Akhmat Grozny 19 10 0 9 26 25 10 7 0 3 17 10 9 3 0 6 9 15 1 30
8 Krylya Sovetov 19 8 4 7 24 20 10 5 2 3 16 9 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 28
9 Spartak Moskva 20 7 5 8 22 28 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 3 2 5 8 16 -6 26
10 Rubin Kazan 19 6 4 9 25 30 9 4 2 3 14 11 10 2 2 6 11 19 -5 22
11 Olimpiyets 20 6 4 10 19 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 10 3 3 4 9 15 -12 22
12 Arsenal Tula 20 5 5 10 23 39 9 3 4 2 11 11 11 2 1 8 12 28 -16 20
13 Ural 20 4 7 9 13 21 9 1 5 3 5 8 11 3 2 6 8 13 -8 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 19 3 7 9 18 28 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 1 3 6 7 16 -10 16
16 Khimki 20 2 8 10 18 37 10 1 6 3 10 14 10 1 2 7 8 23 -19 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.