It's advantage Rubin Kazan' so far with their 5th position in the Premier League table, welcoming Khimki who are placed 10th.
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Khimki is in the best form (4-2-0)
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Khimki have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Rubin Kazan' are 4-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Kazan' after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Rubin Kazan' are returning here after visiting Ufa in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Ilya Samoshnikov, Denis Makarov and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored the goal(s). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Zenit.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kazan''s earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn two and lost zero.
Kazan' has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Khimki form and stats
There's been little loot from Khimki's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Khimki only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Khimki, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The Khimki goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Khimki are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against Rostov (placed 9th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Rotor Volgograd that ended 0-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Khimki when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.
Khimki have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Khimki have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Khimki - Kazan' 2-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Kazan' wins - draws - Khimki wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Đ. Despotović 10 goals | D. Makarov 6 goals |   R. Mirzov 5 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Khimki missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 31 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 82% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 55% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 23% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14.2 | 14.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9.6 | 12.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 28% |
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Khimki is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Rubin Kazan' 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 | Zenit | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Sochi | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan' | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 34 |
| 9 | Rostov | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Khimki | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -24 | 13 |