Rubin Kazan' will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Rostov.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kazan' are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rostov are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Rubin Kazan' at their home stadium (Kazan' Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Rubin Kazan' bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns to Kazan' Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with CSKA Moskva (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Before that, Kazan' had a home game versus Krasnodar which ended with a victory 1-0.
The hometeam coach L. Slutskiy made a successful contribution in the game against CSKA Moskva, bringing on Evgeni Markov who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rubin Kazan' have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn six and lost zero.
Rubin Kazan' have scored 7 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Kazan' are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kazan' Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.
Rostov form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Rostov, who have the most conceded goals (32) away in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 4-5-5 so far. Visiting Rostov has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Orenburg (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against Ufa was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rostov playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were zero Rostov wins, one draw and two defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Rostov's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. The Rostov manager V. Karpin has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Rostov - Kazan' 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Kazan' wins - draws - Rostov wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Shomurodov 11 goals |  A. Ionov 6 goals |  E. Markov 5 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Rostov missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 44 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 32 | 48 |
| 79% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 43% | 31% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 71% | 71% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 29% | 18% |
| 32% | 15% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 79% | 75% |
| 43% | 46% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 46% | 54% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 359 | 178 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 66 | 185 | 444 |
| 114 | 57 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 63 | 150 |
| 15% | 12% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | 29% |
- Rostov has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Rostov has the most conceded goals (32) away
- Rostov has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- Rostov has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
- Rostov has the most matches over the total-line (20)
- Rostov have scored more than double the goals of Rubin Kazan'.
- Rostov have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (7) 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 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 43 | 66 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 51 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Rostov | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 44 |
| 6 | Ufa | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 37 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 35 |
| 8 | Ural | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 35 |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 34 |
| 11 | Sochi | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| 12 | Spartak Moskva | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -12 | 31 |
| 14 | Tambov | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 24 |