Stats, trends, results, form, head-2-head, selected XIs and much more: Get all you must know about Lokomotiv Moskva - Sochi!
- Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sochi, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Lokomotiv Moskva's struggle is real here at RZD Arena with only 12 points collected from 12 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-3-6.
The Lokomotiv Moskva club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Khimki and win 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lokomotiv played a great game against Khimki and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The versatile forward Dzyuba outdid all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Dzyuba scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the away draw at CSKA Moskva that finished 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lokomotiv Moskva have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Observe: 8 of the most recent 10 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.
A decent goal production from Lokomotiv Moskva in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lokomotiv defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-1-8 (12 played).
Sochi had fun at their own home (RZD Arena) last time out, beating Torpedo Moskva 3-1. Kravtsov, Zaika and Joãozinho scored. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Joãozinho, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.63. Joãozinho scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Sochi manager Berdyev faced defeat when travelling to Akhmat Grozny and losing 0-1.Sochi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Sochi manager Berdyev has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Sochi - Lokomotiv Moskva 4-0 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Numbers for the prior nine meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Lokomotiv Moskva, two draws and two wins for Sochi. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 11 goals |   A. Dzyuba 8 goals |  A. Miranchuk 7 goals |
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
Sochi missing players
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 42 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| 42 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 68% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| 24% | 33% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 12% |
| 60% | 92% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 52% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 32% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 4.6 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 15.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 28% | 33% |
| 15.2 | 13.5 | 19.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 15.4 | 12.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 8.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Sochi have scored away.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lokomotiv Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sochi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sochi 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 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 52 | 61 |
| 2 | Rostov | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Sochi | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Ural | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -15 | 25 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 22 |
| 14 | Fakel | 25 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 21 |
| 15 | Khimki | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 37 | -33 | 17 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -25 | 13 |
