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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Mon 27.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Nizhny Novgorod (17800 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table sides Olimpiyets and CSKA Moskva duel at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.

Insights:
  • Olimpiyets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Russian Cup game only four days ago. That game, against Zenit Izhevsk, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for CSKA Moskva.

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Olimpiyets form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Olimpiyets at their home stadium (Stadion Nizhny Novgorod) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. With Olimpiyets having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager A. Kerzhakov.

It's back home for Olimpiyets, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dinamo Barnaul away with the result 1-0. I. Berkovskiy found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Arsenal Tula with the scoreline 2-3.

The Olimpiyets fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Olimpiyets defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, CSKA Moskva have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Two travels in a row for CSKA Moskva, whose manager A. Berezutski could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Zenit Izhevsk. As you can tell from the results above, Moskva was very dominant against Zenit Izhevsk, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with I. Akhmetov, B. Zainutdinov, K. Kuchaev and A. Zabolotny (2) providing the goals.

Before that, Moskva secured a home win against Spartak Moskva with the score 1-0.

CSKA Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Moskva's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

OlimpiyetsA. Kozlov
A. Kozlov
3 goals
OlimpiyetsI. Gorbunov
I. Gorbunov
2 goals
OlimpiyetsN. Kalinsky
N. Kalinsky
2 goals

Olimpiyets missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Olimpiyets CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 0 4 8
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
11 5 0 Scored S 0 6 11
11 7 0 Conceded C 0 6 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
88% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 62%
62% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
88% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 50%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
4.1 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 6.1
5.1 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.9
2.1 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 13.8
3.4 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.8 4.4
41% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olimpiyets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olimpiyets have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Olimpiyets 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 8 6 2 0 19 9 3 3 0 0 7 3 5 3 2 0 12 6 10 20
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 4 4 0 12 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 16
3 Dinamo Moskva 8 5 1 2 12 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 4 0 1 8 4 4 16
4 Sochi 8 5 0 3 12 6 4 3 0 1 8 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 15
5 Rubin Kazan 8 4 2 2 13 8 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 5 14
6 Krasnodar 8 4 1 3 14 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 9 6 5 13
7 CSKA Moskva 8 4 1 3 11 8 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 13
8 Olimpiyets 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 1 0 3 5 7 4 2 2 0 6 4 0 11
9 Spartak Moskva 8 3 1 4 8 8 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 2 3 0 10
10 Krylya Sovetov 8 3 1 4 10 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 -1 10
11 Akhmat Grozny 8 3 0 5 9 14 4 2 0 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 4 8 -5 9
12 Ufa 8 2 2 4 11 14 5 1 2 2 8 9 3 1 0 2 3 5 -3 8
13 Arsenal Tula 8 2 2 4 12 17 4 1 2 1 5 7 4 1 0 3 7 10 -5 8
14 Rostov 8 1 3 4 10 17 4 0 1 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 6 7 -7 6
15 Khimki 8 1 3 4 8 15 4 0 3 1 4 6 4 1 0 3 4 9 -7 6
16 Ural 8 0 3 5 2 13 5 0 3 2 2 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -11 3

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.