Pre-match info: 7 points separate the sides ahead of this match, Lokomotiv Moskva the sharpest side. Can Olimpiyets strike back?
- Olimpiyets have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
Olimpiyets have less rest than Lokomotiv Moskva in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Russian Cup game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Fakel, so at least Olimpiyets are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Olimpiyets form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 0 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Olimpiyets are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Sochi game.
Olimpiyets enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fakel's place. The match ended 1-0 with I. Berkovskiy scoring.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Krasnodar (1-4).Olimpiyets has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Olimpiyets have conceded 13 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 5 draws and 0 defeats. The guesting team now have five uninterrupted draws in a row when taking part as the away team.
The supporters enjoyed Lokomotiv Moskva's previous game versus Sochi (placed 6th), a Premier League 2-1 win played at home. Midfielder Rifat Zhemaletdinov was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Zhemaletdinov hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
A 0-1 loss hosting Galatasaray before that.Lokomotiv have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Smolov 7 goals |  R. Zhemaletdinov 4 goals |   N. Kalinsky 3 goals |
Olimpiyets missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Olimpiyets | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 19 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 75% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 17% |
| 4 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.1 | 9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 27% | 33% |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have not yet lost a game away.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Olimpiyets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Olimpiyets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olimpiyets have the fewest points (3) at home in Premier League
- Olimpiyets have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Olimpiyets have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Premier League
- Olimpiyets have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Sochi | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Rostov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 9 |