Soccer fixture preview: Home supporters with high optimism before Spartak Moskva - Baltika

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Mon 31.Jul
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Spartak Moskva - Baltika 3-0 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Premier League match of the season?

These teams have little in common geographically as Baltika have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Russian Cup game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Krasnodar, so at least Spartak are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Last season, Spartak Moskva's league stats were 15 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses, producing 3rd place in the Premier League. In these 30 matches they scored {60 goals} and conceded 38. Performing as the host team in the former season Spartak Moskva delivered 9-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 17 conceded. The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Otkrytiye Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Spartak Moskva last season were 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 15 games.

Spartak Moskva are returning here after visiting Krasnodar in a Russian Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Orenburg.

At Otkrytiye Arena, Spartak Moskva has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Baltika form and stats

Let's have a look at how Baltika performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 13 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {30 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 2 with 28/15 goals scored/conceded. Baltika have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 7 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Two trips in a row for Baltika, whose manager Ignashevich could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Krylya Sovetov.

Prior to that match, the Baltika manager Ignashevich faced defeat when travelling to Sochi and losing 0-2.

{0 goals} so far away for Baltika, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaD. Khlusevich
D. Khlusevich
2 goals
SpartakV. Moses
V. Moses
1 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Baltika missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva Baltika
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 1 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
3 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 2 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
13 13 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3
2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
23 23 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9
7 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3
43% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3
Spartak Moskva Last season Baltika
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   17 34
15 9   Won W   7 18
9 5   Drew D   8 13
6 1   Lost L   2 3
60 35   Scored S   28 56
38 17   Conceded C   15 30
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 85%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
60% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
40% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 29%
33% 40%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
67% 60%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
23% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 41%
17% 13%   Failed to Score F T   24% 18%
 
5.6 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   7 5.9
4.1 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.5
2.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
7 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
17.3 17.9   Shots (avg) S (   3.5 2.4
6.3 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 1
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   64% 133%
 
10.4 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   2.3 1.6
4.1 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.2 0.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sochi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Baltika 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Olimpiyets 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 30 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 Olimpiyets 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rubin Kazan 34 19 12 3 53 27 17 10 6 1 35 16 17 9 6 2 18 11 26 69
2 Baltika 34 18 13 3 56 30 17 11 5 1 28 15 17 7 8 2 28 15 26 67
3 Spartak Vladikavkaz 34 17 11 6 56 35 17 9 6 2 34 21 17 8 5 4 22 14 21 62
4 Yenisey 34 13 15 6 43 35 17 10 6 1 25 13 17 3 9 5 18 22 8 54
5 Rodina Moskva 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 5 6 6 20 23 17 8 5 4 22 15 4 50
6 Neftekhimik 34 12 11 11 34 33 17 6 6 5 17 15 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 47
7 Makhachkala 34 12 11 11 25 26 17 7 5 5 15 11 17 5 6 6 10 15 -1 47
8 Akron 34 10 16 8 38 36 17 5 9 3 20 14 17 5 7 5 18 22 2 46
9 Shinnik 34 13 7 14 36 41 17 10 5 2 23 11 17 3 2 12 13 30 -5 46
10 SKA Khabarovsk 34 11 11 12 50 39 17 8 6 3 32 11 17 3 5 9 18 28 11 44
11 KAMAZ 34 11 11 12 35 36 17 7 6 4 20 15 17 4 5 8 15 21 -1 44
12 Volgar Astrakhan 34 11 11 12 37 41 17 7 5 5 15 15 17 4 6 7 22 26 -4 44
13 Arsenal Tula 34 11 8 15 37 46 17 6 4 7 23 27 17 5 4 8 14 19 -9 41
14 Urozhay 34 9 10 15 36 41 17 6 4 7 19 16 17 3 6 8 17 25 -5 37
15 Veles 34 9 6 19 35 55 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 2 3 12 15 36 -20 33
16 Krasnodar II 34 8 7 19 32 54 17 4 4 9 16 25 17 4 3 10 16 29 -22 31
17 Ufa 34 7 9 18 32 46 17 5 5 7 18 19 17 2 4 11 14 27 -14 30
18 Volga Ulyanovsk 34 6 12 16 23 41 17 3 5 9 10 24 17 3 7 7 13 17 -18 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sochi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Baltika 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Olimpiyets 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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