The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lokomotiv Moskva are in the 8th position while the guesting Khimki worry at 15th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Lokomotiv Moskva are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Lokomotiv are confident in defense, having played 302 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Lokomotiv's last game was hosting Tambov (placed 13th) and winning 1-0. Preceding that game was the away draw at Rostov that finished 0-0.
Lokomotiv are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. From these home matches, Lokomotiv have conceded only 3 goals.
Khimki form and stats
Playing away, Khimki have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. Khimki seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Khimki play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-7 to Krasnodar (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away Russian Cup victory against Zenit Irkutsk with the score of 1-0.
Khimki lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-7 beating and focus on this one. It's a bit worrying for Khimki that their goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov made nine saves in the Krasnodar game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
Khimki have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Khimki's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiv Moskva-Khimki H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Lokomotiv four wins, Khimki one win, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
Khimki missing players
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 25% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 62% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 95 | 51 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 51 | 103 |
| 37 | 21 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 22% | 19% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 25% |
- Khimki has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Khimki has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Premier League
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Khimki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Khimki have yet to win a game.
- Khimki 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Rostov | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan' | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Ural | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Tambov | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Ufa | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 2 |
