The visiting Lokomotiv Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Rotor Volgograd, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League
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
Rotor Volgograd's results here at Volgograd Arena in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 289 minutes without scoring a league goal. N. Kipiani was the last player to find the net.
Volgograd's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Rostov (placed 7th). Prior to that, an away loss at Ural.
Volgograd were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Rotor Volgograd have scored 4 goals here in 12 league matches, a depressing statistic. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rotor Volgograd defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
4-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Lokomotiv hope to make it five in this match. Lokomotiv has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Lokomotiv Moskva, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Ufa (placed 15th) in the Premier League last time out. Before that, Lokomotiv secured a home win against Sochi with the score 3-1.
Lokomotiv has another fixture away, a Russian Cup game, against Sochi in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lokomotiv Moskva have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. Lokomotiv struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lokomotiv Moskva - Volgograd 1-2. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Volgograd, two draws and zero wins for Lokomotiv Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Krychowiak 5 goals |  F. Smolov 5 goals |  A. Miranchuk 4 goals |
Rotor Volgograd missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Rotor Volgograd | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 30 |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 26 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 87% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 48% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 30% | 17% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 43% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 52% |
| 61% | 67% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 10.1 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 18% | 11% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 28% |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (12) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Premier League
| 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 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Sochi | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Rostov | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Khimki | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 34 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Ural | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -24 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -29 | 13 |