Football betting preview: Rostov vs Lokomotiv Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rostov Arena (45000 seats)

Rostov - Lokomotiv Moskva. 3rd spot meets 14th spot. Everything can happen - get a complete overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Rostov form and stats

Rostov are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Rostov Arena. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

The supporters are hoping that Rostov will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Russian Cup fixture against Ural.

A 1-1 result against Ural before that, played at home in the Russian Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rostov have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

A decent goal production from Rostov in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lokomotiv Moskva so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Lokomotiv, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 against Spartak Moskva in the Russian Cup.

The match earlier was the Russian Cup-duel against Spartak Moskva, a home loss (0-1).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lokomotiv Moskva as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lokomotiv have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Lokomotiv Moskva - Rostov 2-2 was the product when these two sides last played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Rostov wins - draws - Lokomotiv Moskva wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RostovN. Komlichenko
N. Komlichenko
8 goals
Lokomotiv MoskvaA. Miranchuk
A. Miranchuk
5 goals
RostovD. Glebov
D. Glebov
4 goals

Rostov missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Rostov Lokomotiv Moskva
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 8 17
10 6 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
2 1 0 Lost L 2 5 10
32 17 3 Scored S 0 6 20
23 11 1 Conceded C 6 17 34
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 82%
71% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 65%
41% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 41%
18% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 18%
82% 78% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 53%
18% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
6% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 62% 35%
 
4.6 4.7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.8
4.2 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.6
2.2 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.6 12.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.5 12.2
4.6 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.6
41% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 26%
 
14.5 14.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 23 14.8 13.5
5 4.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.6 5.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
  • Lokomotiv Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rostov have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lokomotiv Moskva have scored away.

  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 17 13 3 1 47 7 8 7 0 1 31 4 9 6 3 0 16 3 40 42
2 Spartak Moskva 17 11 3 3 40 18 7 6 0 1 20 5 10 5 3 2 20 13 22 36
3 Rostov 17 10 5 2 32 23 9 6 2 1 17 11 8 4 3 1 15 12 9 35
4 Dinamo Moskva 17 8 5 4 33 21 9 6 2 1 19 8 8 2 3 3 14 13 12 29
5 CSKA Moskva 17 8 5 4 30 18 8 5 2 1 20 8 9 3 3 3 10 10 12 29
6 Akhmat Grozny 17 8 2 7 27 27 8 3 2 3 9 10 9 5 0 4 18 17 0 26
7 Krasnodar 17 7 4 6 31 29 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 3 3 3 16 17 2 25
8 Orenburg 17 8 1 8 33 37 9 7 1 1 26 11 8 1 0 7 7 26 -4 25
9 Sochi 17 7 4 6 27 32 8 5 3 0 18 8 9 2 1 6 9 24 -5 25
10 Ural 17 6 3 8 21 28 10 4 1 5 12 16 7 2 2 3 9 12 -7 21
11 Krylya Sovetov 17 5 5 7 20 25 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 3 2 4 13 16 -5 20
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 17 5 4 8 22 29 9 2 2 5 14 20 8 3 2 3 8 9 -7 19
13 Fakel 17 1 10 6 21 33 8 1 6 1 13 14 9 0 4 5 8 19 -12 13
14 Lokomotiv Moskva 17 3 4 10 20 34 9 1 3 5 14 17 8 2 1 5 6 17 -14 13
15 Khimki 17 3 3 11 16 36 9 2 3 4 8 11 8 1 0 7 8 25 -20 12
16 Torpedo Moskva 17 1 3 13 7 30 9 1 1 7 4 16 8 0 2 6 3 14 -23 6

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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.