Lokomotiv Moskva vs Rostov preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: RZD Arena (28800 seats)

Lokomotiv Moskva and Rostov are both riding high in the Premier League with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lokomotiv Moskva and Rostov.

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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 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Lokomotiv Moskva crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Rostov here at RZD Arena in a Premier League match. 1-1 away at Krasnodar before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lokomotiv Moskva matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from three games).

Lokomotiv Moskva can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Rostov form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rostov in their Premier League matches away.

Rostov play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Lokomotiv Moskva. Before that, Rostov secured a home win against Rubin Kazan' with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rostov playing away, we found five games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Rostov has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rostov have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lokomotiv Moskva - Rostov 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lokomotiv Moskva 5 wins, 3 draws and Rostov 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Anton Miranchuk
11 goals / 2 assists
J. Farfán
8 goals / 4 assists
F. Smolov
6 goals / 2 assists

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Rostov missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva Rostov
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played 0 4 8
4 2 0 Won 0 2 5
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost 0 1 1
13 8 0 Scored 0 7 14
8 4 0 Conceded 0 7 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
88% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 88%
62% 75% 0% Over 2.5 0% 75% 75%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 0% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 12%
75% 75% 0% BTTS 0% 75% 75%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 25% 12%
 
4 4 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3.5 5.2
4.6 4.2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.8 3.8
2.5 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.8 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Lokomotiv Moskva's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Rostov's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rostov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Rostov have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Lokomotiv Moskva
All Champions League Russian Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-08-19 PL Krylya Sovetov 1 - 2 Lokomotiv Moskva
11-08-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva 4 - 0 Ural
18-08-19 PL Dinamo Moskva 1 - 2 Lokomotiv Moskva
24-08-19 PL Krasnodar 1 - 1 Lokomotiv Moskva
31-08-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva 1 - 2 Rostov
15-09-19 PL Sochi - Lokomotiv Moskva
18-09-19 CL Bayer Leverkusen 19:00 Lokomotiv Moskva
22-09-19 PL Orenburg - Lokomotiv Moskva
29-09-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva - Zenit
01-10-19 CL Lokomotiv Moskva 19:00 Atletico Madrid
Rostov
All Russian Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-08-19 PL Ural 2 - 2 Rostov
12-08-19 PL Rostov 1 - 0 Krylya Sovetov
18-08-19 PL Ufa 2 - 0 Rostov
25-08-19 PL Rostov 2 - 1 Rubin Kazan'
31-08-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva 1 - 2 Rostov
15-09-19 PL Rostov - Akhmat Grozny
22-09-19 PL Tambov - Rostov
29-09-19 PL Rostov - Dinamo Moskva
06-10-19 PL CSKA Moskva - Rostov
20-10-19 PL Zenit - Rostov

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Rostov 8 5 2 1 14 11 4 3 1 0 7 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 3 17
2 Krasnodar 7 4 2 1 11 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 14
3 Zenit 7 4 2 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 3 0 1 6 1 6 14
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 4 2 2 13 8 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 14
5 Spartak Moskva 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 14
6 CSKA Moskva 7 4 1 2 8 5 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 13
7 Arsenal Tula 7 4 1 2 10 8 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 13
8 Ufa 8 3 1 4 10 10 5 3 0 2 8 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 10
9 Ural 7 3 1 3 12 14 5 3 1 1 12 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 -2 10
10 Rubin Kazan' 8 3 1 4 5 8 4 2 0 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 -3 10
11 Dinamo Moskva 8 2 3 3 6 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 1 3 0 3 1 0 9
12 Akhmat Grozny 8 2 2 4 5 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 0 1 3 0 7 -7 8
13 Krylya Sovetov 8 2 1 5 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 4 4 -1 7
14 Sochi 8 1 3 4 5 10 2 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 2 3 5 8 -5 6
15 Orenburg 8 1 2 5 9 14 3 0 2 1 3 5 5 1 0 4 6 9 -5 5
16 Tambov 8 1 2 5 7 12 4 1 0 3 2 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 -5 5

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