Rostov will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Spartak Moskva.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Spartak Moskva have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Rostov form and stats
When playing at home, Rostov, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League, have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.The fans are hoping that Rostov will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Ufa. Before that, Rostov played out a Russian Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Lokomotiv Moskva.
This is expected to be a close game, with Rostov perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rostov as a small favourite), we find two games. Rostov has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Rostov have scored 9 goals here in 11 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Rostov have only let in 4 goals at home.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Spartak Moskva playing as the away team this season. Spartak Moskva love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.The manager O. Kononov was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Rostov Arena. Spartak Moskva suffered a 0-2 loss to CSKA Moskva. Prior to that result Spartak Moskva won their away game at Akhmat Grozny. The scoreline was 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Spartak Moskva in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Spartak Moskva, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Spartak Moskva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Rostov and Spartak Moskva have met before this season: Spartak Moskva - Rostov 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Rostov wins - draws - Spartak Moskva wins).Top Goalscorers
  Zé Luís 8 goals / 2 assists |  Luiz Adriano 6 goals / 3 assists |   A. Ionov 5 goals / 1 assists |
Rostov missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Rostov | Spartak Moskva | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | Played | 10 | 22 |
| 19 | 9 | Scored | 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 4 | Conceded | 7 | 22 |
| 82% | 64% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 91% |
| 41% | 27% | Over 1.5 | 60% | 68% |
| 18% | 18% | Over 2.5 | 30% | 41% |
| 9% | 9% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 10% | 9% |
| 27% | 18% | Both teams to score | 40% | 55% |
| 50% | 64% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 32% |
| 41% | 55% | Failed To Score | 30% | 23% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 45 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 40 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Rostov | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Ufa | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -24 | 19 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
