Rostov have fought quite a few losing battles for points this season. Can the team get a victory when Lokomotiv Moskva visit Rostov Arena?
- Rostov have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
Rostov have less rest than Lokomotiv Moskva in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Rostov Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Lokomotiv Moskva have had more rest.
Rostov form and stats
Rostov's struggle is real here at Rostov Arena with only 11 points collected from 12 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-7.
The Rostov club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Krylya Sovetov and win 1-0. Komlichenko, a forward, was the best player for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Komlichenko scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Rostov lost 1-2 at home to Olimpiyets.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 seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost three.
A decent goal production from Rostov in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rostov defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.
Lokomotiv Moskva won their last game, 1-0 versus Spartak Moskva played at home. Goalkeeper Khudyakov got the top player rating of the team with 8.11/10. Khudyakov topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-2 loss hosting CSKA Moskva before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Lokomotiv Moskva in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Lokomotiv, three draws and three defeats.
Lokomotiv Moskva have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Lokomotiv Moskva in these games. More than 50 % of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiv Moskva - Rostov 1-2 was the story when these two teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rostov three wins, three draws and Lokomotiv Moskva four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Poloz 10 goals |   R. Zhemaletdinov 6 goals |
Rostov missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Rostov | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| 40 | 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 80% | 91% |
| 91% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | 82% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 55% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 30% | 23% |
| 22% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 78% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 80% | 73% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 23% |
| 13% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | 14% |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11.8 | 12.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| 11.7 | 11.1 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rostov have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Rostov have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Rostov have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Premier League
- Rostov have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premier League
- Rostov 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 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 30 | 49 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Sochi | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 39 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 32 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 27 |
| 11 | Rostov | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Rubin Kazan | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 25 |
| 13 | Ural | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Ufa | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 21 |
| 15 | Khimki | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -22 | 21 |
