Delightful dogfight as daring Rostov duel with determined Khimki

Rostov and Khimki should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Rostov form and stats

Rostov drew their last game, 2-2 away at Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 10th). Midfielder Utkin was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Utkin scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Dinamo 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 Rostov have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 5.

Khimki form and stats

Khimki are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against FK Nizjni Novgorod (placed 14th). That win felt good as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Mirzov, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Mirzov scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Zenit.

Khimki are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Rostov victories, two draws and four Khimki wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Komlichenko 2 goals

R. Mirzov 2 goals

D. Utkin 1 goals

Rostov missing players

Khimki missing players