Premier League match prediction: Little separates Lokomotiv Moskva and Dinamo Moskva in quality

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: RZD Arena (28800 seats)

Loyal fans at RZD Arena haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Lokomotiv Moskva struggling in the 13th spot. The opposing Dinamo Moskva will believe to protect their higher league position in this game.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Dinamo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Lokomotiv nor Dinamo Moskva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Lokomotiv Moskva are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Lokomotiv Moskva, their manager Zinnbauer and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Lokomotiv Moskva's previous match was a Russian Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 vs Khimki. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. Finally, a league victory after five games without one.

Before that match, a Premier League win away at Torpedo Moskva.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lokomotiv Moskva defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Dinamo Moskva form and stats

There's been little loot from Dinamo Moskva's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Dinamo Moskva only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

The club members enjoyed Dinamo's previous fixture versus Rostov, a Russian Cup win (3-1) played at home. That victory felt good as this team had gone four league matches without victory.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Orenburg in the Premier League.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dinamo Moskva playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Dinamo Moskva wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Dinamo Moskva are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Dinamo have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Moskva have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Lokomotiv Moskva.

The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo MoskvaF. Smolov
F. Smolov
5 goals
Lokomotiv MoskvaA. Miranchuk
A. Miranchuk
4 goals
LokomotivI. Ignatyev
I. Ignatyev
4 goals

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Dinamo Moskva missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva Dinamo Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 2 6 13
3 1 1 Won W 0 1 5
3 3 1 Drew D 2 3 5
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
16 12 7 Scored S 5 10 21
26 11 4 Conceded C 5 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
62% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 54%
38% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 31%
23% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 15%
46% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 62%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
38% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 15%
 
4.6 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4.2
4.5 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 7 7.1
2.2 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
12.8 17.7 19.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.2 11.2
5.1 7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.5
24% 29% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 56% 46%
 
13.3 11.2 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.3 14.7
5.2 5.2 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.3 4.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Dinamo Moskva's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Lokomotiv Moskva's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dinamo Moskva have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • 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 won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Lokomotiv 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 13 10 3 0 36 5 6 6 0 0 23 2 7 4 3 0 13 3 31 33
2 Spartak Moskva 13 8 2 3 31 16 5 4 0 1 14 5 8 4 2 2 17 11 15 26
3 CSKA Moskva 13 7 4 2 26 13 7 5 2 0 20 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 13 25
4 Rostov 13 7 4 2 24 19 8 5 2 1 15 10 5 2 2 1 9 9 5 25
5 Krasnodar 13 6 3 4 25 20 7 4 1 2 15 11 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 21
6 Dinamo Moskva 13 5 5 3 21 16 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 1 3 2 10 10 5 20
7 Sochi 13 6 2 5 22 22 6 5 1 0 15 5 7 1 1 5 7 17 0 20
8 Akhmat Grozny 13 6 2 5 21 21 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 0 3 14 13 0 20
9 Orenburg 13 6 0 7 22 31 6 5 0 1 15 7 7 1 0 6 7 24 -9 18
10 Krylya Sovetov 13 3 5 5 14 19 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 2 2 3 10 14 -5 14
11 Olimpiyets 13 3 4 6 17 23 7 1 2 4 11 16 6 2 2 2 6 7 -6 13
12 Ural 13 4 1 8 13 23 7 2 0 5 6 13 6 2 1 3 7 10 -10 13
13 Lokomotiv Moskva 13 3 3 7 16 26 6 1 3 2 12 11 7 2 0 5 4 15 -10 12
14 Fakel 13 1 8 4 16 23 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 0 4 3 7 13 -7 11
15 Khimki 13 2 3 8 13 23 7 1 3 3 6 9 6 1 0 5 7 14 -10 9
16 Torpedo Moskva 13 1 3 9 7 24 7 1 1 5 4 12 6 0 2 4 3 12 -17 6

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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.