The visiting CSKA Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Rotor Volgograd, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
With 0 Premier League wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest points (0) at home in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Zero (!) Premier League points is the sad result after 6 matches here at Volgograd Arena. Can it change today? With seven home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Rotor Volgograd fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Tom' Tomsk game long ago, can be stopped today.
A strong away win for Volgograd against Lokomotiv Moskva the last match, as Flamarion Junior and Andrés Ponce were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Krylya Sovetov (0-3).
The victory against Lokomotiv Moskva came after Andrés Ponce's winning goal. The Volgograd manager A. Khatskevich was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 56th minute.
Volgograd have scored 2 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Volgograd are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (13 from 6 played).
CSKA Moskva form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League. Having won their last three away games CSKA Moskva has no reason to fear anyone.
Moskva delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dinamo Zagreb in their previous match; a Europa League game. Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Arsenal Tula in the Premier League.
The schedule is very tough for Moskva now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Feyenoord is waiting in only four days.
Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. CSKA Moskva are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Rotor Volgograd won zero games, one match ended with a draw and CSKA Moskva has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  N. Vlašić 6 goals |  K. Kuchaev 5 goals |  K. Mullin 2 goals |
Rotor Volgograd missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Rotor Volgograd | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 21 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 88 | 59 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 91 | 191 |
| 30 | 20 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 39 | 74 |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 32% |
- CSKA Moskva has the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CSKA Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
- CSKA Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- CSKA Moskva is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest points (0) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rotor Volgograd have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Rotor Volgograd have lost all their home matches so far.
- Rotor Volgograd haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Zenit | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Rostov | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Sochi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tambov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -15 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 6 |