It's only the second game in the Premier League for these contenders. And fresh optimism here at RZD Arena as Lokomotiv Moskva receive Rostov. Read this preview!
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Last season, Lokomotiv Moskva's league stats were 13 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, providing 6th spot in the Premier League. From these 30 matches they scored 43 goals and let in 39. Playing as the home side in the previous season Lokomotiv Moskva delivered 9-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 17 conceded. A Premier League draw at home so far for Lokomotiv Moskva. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus FK Nizjni Novgorod last time out and are looking for a victory here. Isidor, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 8.14 (out of 10). Isidor scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Lokomotiv drew at home versus Dinamo Moskva.Lokomotiv Moskva has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Rostov form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rostov performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 19/25 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Premier League for Rostov and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
Rostov are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Dinamo Moskva (placed 7th). The attacker Komlichenko got a match rating of 8.04 in that game. Komlichenko scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Rostov manager Karpin faced defeat when travelling to CSKA Moskva and losing 0-4.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rostov playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Rostov win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
1 goal so far away for Rostov, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these sides: Lokomotiv won four, Rostov triumphed in four and we saw two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  W. Isidor 1 goals |   N. Komlichenko 1 goals |
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
Rostov missing players
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Last season | Rostov | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 51 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 77% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 10% | ||
| 13% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 13.8 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sochi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Khimki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rostov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Zenit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Ural | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Sochi | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 56 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 53 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Khimki | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 14 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -22 | 29 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | -29 | 23 |
