Lokomotiv Moskva will hope to draw on their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 26 points behind Zenit.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Lokomotiv Moskva are certainly not brimming with confidence. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Lokomotiv Moskva has won four games in a row. The Spartak Moskva match was the last time out without a victory.
Happy days for Lokomotiv in their previous game, a fixture away at Olimpiyets (placed 13th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lokomotiv Moskva played a great game against Olimpiyets and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The forward Dzyuba bettered all others in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Dzyuba scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Krasnodar in a game that was won 3-2.Lokomotiv Moskva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at RZD Arena with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Lokomotiv Moskva have conceded 19 from these games.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Zenit collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Premier League. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Zenit won their last game, 2-0 versus Ural played at home. Defender Santos was the best team player with a rating of 8.15. Santos served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
One match before, 1-1 at home against Dinamo Moskva (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in the Russian Cup.
Zenit has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. The Zenit defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({4 goals} in 10 games).
Head 2 Head
Zenit have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive games without defeat (5-3-0) when playing Lokomotiv.Lokomotiv Moskva and Zenit have played each other already this season: Zenit - Lokomotiv Moskva 5-0.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silva de Oliveira 16 goals |  I. Sergeev 8 goals |  M. Valle da Silva 7 goals |
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
Zenit missing players
| Lokomotiv Moskva | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 55 |
| 37 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 95% |
| 81% | 90% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 70% | 86% |
| 67% | 70% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 57% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 19% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 52% | 90% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 62% |
| 29% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 15.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.3 | 18.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 7 |
| 32% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 37% |
| 14 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 7.7 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (6) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most points (21) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+45) in Premier League
- Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 45 | 51 |
| 2 | Rostov | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 32 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Sochi | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -8 | 31 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 11 | Ural | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -18 | 19 |
| 14 | Fakel | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 17 |
| 15 | Khimki | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -22 | 10 |
