The Premier League league standings tell a tale about these teams to this date, with Rostov in front of Torpedo Moskva by 33 points. Match preview to follow:
- Rostov is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Torpedo Moskva have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-10-11 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
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!
Rostov form and stats
Rostov have performed here at Rostov Arena this season with 7 wins from 11 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
A strong away win for Rostov against Khimki the last match, as Osipenko were on target. Osipenko, defender, was given a rating of 8.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Osipenko scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
In the game before, a fine away win at Olimpiyets. A Russian Cup match.
Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 11 of them had goals from both sides.
The manager Karpin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Krasnodar in only four days.
A decent goal production from Rostov in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. On the other hand, Rostov have conceded 15 goals.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
Torpedo Moskva have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-4-6 (10 played).
Two trips in a row for Torpedo Moskva, whose manager Talalaev could celebrate last time after the win against Olimpiyets. Eureka; their first win in the league after nine games not winning. Goalkeeper Baburin was absolutely vital in the Torpedo Moskva victory against Olimpiyets, making eight saves.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ural.A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 13 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Torpedo Moskva struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other earlier this season: Torpedo Moskva - Rostov 0-1. Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Rostov won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Torpedo Moskva got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Komlichenko 9 goals |  D. Poloz 8 goals | M. Osipenko 4 goals |
Rostov missing players
Torpedo Moskva missing players
| Rostov | Torpedo Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 36 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 27 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 33 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 70% | 82% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 35% |
| 40% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 80% | 82% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 20% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 12.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 38% | 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 21% |
| 14.2 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.1 |
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rostov have scored more than double the goals of Torpedo Moskva.
- Rostov is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Torpedo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Torpedo Moskva have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals (10) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Premier League
- Torpedo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Torpedo Moskva is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 43 | 48 |
| 2 | Rostov | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Orenburg | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Sochi | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -10 | 28 |
| 10 | Ural | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 20 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Fakel | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | Khimki | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -22 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -24 | 8 |
