Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Rubin Kazan' in 10th and Spartak Moskva in 9th place.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
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' are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Spartak Moskva most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Rubin Kazan', who have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premier League, at their home stadium (Kazan' Arena) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Kazan', who played 0-0 against Rostov. That match was also played at this venue (Kazan' Arena). Before that, Kazan' played out a draw 1-1 when visiting CSKA Moskva.
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 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.
Kazan' has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 7 goals from 14 games. From these home matches, Rubin Kazan' have conceded only 11 goals.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Spartak have lost on their last two travels.
Spartak had fun at their own home (Kazan' Arena) last time out, beating Akhmat Grozny 3-0. Aleksandr Sobolev, Roman Zobnin and Guus Til scored. Prior to that match, the Spartak manager D. Tedesco faced defeat when travelling to Sochi and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Spartak in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Spartak Moskva, three draws and two defeats.
Spartak Moskva have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Spartak in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Spartak Moskva - Rubin Kazan' 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kazan' won zero games, five matches ended with a draw and Spartak Moskva has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  E. Ponce Martínez 6 goals | J. Larsson 6 goals |  E. Markov 5 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 33 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 76% | 79% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 62% |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 10% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 41% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 31% |
| 48% | 57% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 41% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 374 | 193 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 221 | 482 |
| 119 | 62 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 69 | 150 |
| 14% | 11% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | 22% |
- 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)
- Rubin Kazan' has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals away as Rubin Kazan' have scored 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 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 46 | 69 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 54 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Rostov | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 45 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 38 |
| 7 | Ufa | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Ural | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25 | -16 | 35 |
| 12 | Sochi | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -15 | 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 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -25 | 24 |