The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Rubin Kazan' leading Rotor Volgograd by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
- Rubin Kazan' is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rotor Volgograd, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Rotor Volgograd are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Rubin Kazan' at their home stadium (Kazan' Arena) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dinamo Moskva.
A very satisfying win for Rubin Kazan' against Arsenal Tula last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Mikhail Kostuykov's goal in the 89th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Rubin Kazan' has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Kazan''s goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League, have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-8 (14 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Volgograd in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Tambov.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Akhmat Grozny.
It's a bit worrying for Volgograd that their goalkeeper Josip Čondrić made eight saves in the Sochi game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss. Late heartbreak for Volgograd in the Sochi match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Volgograd played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Volgograd have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Kazan' and Rotor Volgograd have met before this season: Rotor Volgograd - Rubin Kazan' 1-3. Rubin Kazan'-Rotor Volgograd H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Kazan' three wins, Rotor Volgograd zero wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Đ. Despotović 13 goals | D. Makarov 7 goals | K. Kvaratskhelia 4 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Rotor Volgograd missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Rotor Volgograd | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 41 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | 51 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 72% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 66% |
| 45% | 36% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 28% | 21% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 7% |
| 45% | 43% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 28% |
| 38% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 24% |
| 21% | 29% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 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 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 12.7 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 18% |
- Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rotor Volgograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (14) in Premier League
- Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Rubin Kazan' have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rubin Kazan' is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 53 |
| 4 | Sochi | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 52 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan' | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 52 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 50 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 47 |
| 8 | Khimki | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Rostov | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Krasnodar | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 38 |
| 12 | Ural | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | -22 | 23 |
| 14 | Ufa | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -21 | 22 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -37 | 21 |
| 16 | Tambov | 29 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 36 | -42 | 13 |