Rotor Volgograd hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 2 points and a 16th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Rubin Kazan' holds 8th place with 11 pts.
Rotor Volgograd and Rubin Kazan' should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rubin Kazan' 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.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Zero (!) Premier League points is the sad result after 4 matches here at Volgograd Arena. Can it change today? It's been an uphill battle for Volgograd in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Neftekhimik game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
The Rotor Volgograd crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Krasnodar here at Volgograd Arena in a Premier League match. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Khimki the opponent.
Volgograd has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. Volgograd are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (8 from 4 played).
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Premier League away games so far for Rubin Kazan' with six points collected from three matches. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kazan', as they have won on their previous two travels.
Rubin Kazan' might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Spartak Moskva proved too strong as Rubin Kazan' slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Kazan' Arena. Preceding that game was the away Russian Cup victory against Chernomorets with the score of 4-2.
Kazan' has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Kazan' have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Volgograd won zero, Rubin Kazan' won one and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Makarov 4 goals | Đ. Despotović 3 goals |  K. Mullin 2 goals |
Rotor Volgograd missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Rotor Volgograd | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 58 | 39 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 47 | 137 |
| 22 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 17 | 52 |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 21% |
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest points (0) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the fewest scored goals (3) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the most conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd has the the worst goal difference (-7) 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 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotor Volgograd haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rubin Kazan' have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Rubin Kazan' have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- Rubin Kazan' 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Ural | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Tambov | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Ufa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 2 |