The visiting Lokomotiv Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Rubin Kazan', as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Rubin Kazan' have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Kazan' Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Kazan' are returning here after visiting Ural in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Soltmurad Bakaev and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory match versus Arsenal Tula with a 1-0 scoreline.
The manager L. Slutskiy will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ufa in only four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Kazan' means that they have only scored 5 goals in 10 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Kazan' have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Lokomotiv Moskva have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-3-2 from 12 games.
Lokomotiv Moskva play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Rostov (placed 4th). Before that, Lokomotiv secured a home win against Akhmat Grozny with the score 1-0.
Lokomotiv goalie Guilherme Marinato was high and low in the Rostov game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. A victory against Rostov as mentioned above, but the margin of victory could have been bigger as Lokomotiv hit the posts three times.
Lokomotiv has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Lokomotiv have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Lokomotiv Moskva - Kazan' 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Rubin Kazan' wins - draws - Lokomotiv Moskva wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Krychowiak 9 goals |  A. Miranchuk 5 goals |  É. Macedo Lopes 5 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | 32 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 43% | 30% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 77% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 55% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 9% |
| 35% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 59% |
| 39% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 48% | 60% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 283 | 131 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 184 | 352 |
| 85 | 40 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 54 | 98 |
| 16% | 12% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 33% |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Rubin Kazan'.
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (14)
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
| 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 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Ufa | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Sochi | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan' | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Tambov | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Ural | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 22 |