Spartak Moskva - CSKA Moskva: Small difference between teams in Premier League clash

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

The Spartak Moskva & CSKA Moskva managers Perez and Fedotov are both fearing and eagerly anticipating this key game in the upper regions of the Premier League positions.

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Spartak Moskva are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Otkrytiye Arena. 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. The Spartak fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Otkrytiye Arena and will expect new points from this game. Spartak Moskva has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The Spartak Moskva manager Perez and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Khimki (placed 15th). Spartak's goalie Selikhov played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Khimki with a stunning six saves.

Heartbreak before that as Spartak Moskva lost 2-3 at Zenit's place.

Take note: 10 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Spartak Moskva are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Otkrytiye Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 33 goals in 13 matches. Spartak have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

Playing away, CSKA Moskva have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for CSKA Moskva on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Moskva are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Torpedo Moskva (placed 16th). Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Chalov and that is quite the feat! Chalov, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.11. Chalov scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Orenburg.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CSKA Moskva have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by CSKA Moskva in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; CSKA Moskva - Spartak 2-2. Spartak Moskva-CSKA Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Spartak Moskva five wins, CSKA Moskva four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
18 goals
CSKA MoskvaF. Chalov
F. Chalov
17 goals
SpartakA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
13 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
14 8 0 Won W 1 6 16
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 1 Lost L 1 4 5
58 33 2 Scored S 4 17 51
36 16 3 Conceded C 3 14 24
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
85% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 78%
63% 69% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 59%
44% 54% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 30%
37% 46% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
70% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 52%
22% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 37%
11% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 15%
 
5.4 5.5 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4 5.3
4.3 4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.5 4.1
2.6 1.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
17.1 17.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 12.9 15.1
6.4 7.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 5.5
33% 36% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 34%
 
10.6 8.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 13.3 10.4
4.1 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.7 2.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CSKA Moskva have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League

  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 27 20 5 2 70 17 14 12 1 1 47 11 13 8 4 1 23 6 53 65
2 CSKA Moskva 27 16 6 5 51 24 14 10 3 1 34 10 13 6 3 4 17 14 27 54
3 Spartak Moskva 27 14 8 5 58 36 13 8 4 1 33 16 14 6 4 4 25 20 22 50
4 Rostov 27 14 8 5 44 35 14 8 3 3 22 18 13 6 5 2 22 17 9 50
5 Akhmat Grozny 27 14 4 9 44 34 13 6 2 5 16 15 14 8 2 4 28 19 10 46
6 Krasnodar 27 12 7 8 57 44 13 7 3 3 26 18 14 5 4 5 31 26 13 43
7 Dinamo Moskva 27 12 6 9 44 38 14 8 2 4 23 16 13 4 4 5 21 22 6 42
8 Orenburg 27 12 3 12 50 52 13 9 2 2 32 17 14 3 1 10 18 35 -2 39
9 Sochi 27 11 4 12 36 48 14 8 3 3 25 17 13 3 1 9 11 31 -12 37
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 27 10 6 11 46 43 13 4 3 6 26 22 14 6 3 5 20 21 3 36
11 Ural 27 8 6 13 29 42 14 5 1 8 16 23 13 3 5 5 13 19 -13 30
12 Fakel 27 5 12 10 34 45 14 3 8 3 20 21 13 2 4 7 14 24 -11 27
13 Krylya Sovetov 27 6 8 13 27 43 13 2 6 5 10 17 14 4 2 8 17 26 -16 26
14 Olimpiyets 27 6 5 16 27 50 13 3 3 7 16 28 14 3 2 9 11 22 -23 23
15 Khimki 27 4 6 17 25 59 14 3 4 7 13 22 13 1 2 10 12 37 -34 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 27 3 4 20 20 52 13 2 1 10 8 24 14 1 3 10 12 28 -32 13

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 Zenit 27 20 5 2 70 17 14 12 1 1 47 11 13 8 4 1 23 6 53 65
2 CSKA Moskva 27 16 6 5 51 24 14 10 3 1 34 10 13 6 3 4 17 14 27 54
3 Spartak Moskva 27 14 8 5 58 36 13 8 4 1 33 16 14 6 4 4 25 20 22 50
4 Rostov 27 14 8 5 44 35 14 8 3 3 22 18 13 6 5 2 22 17 9 50
5 Akhmat Grozny 27 14 4 9 44 34 13 6 2 5 16 15 14 8 2 4 28 19 10 46
6 Krasnodar 27 12 7 8 57 44 13 7 3 3 26 18 14 5 4 5 31 26 13 43
7 Dinamo Moskva 27 12 6 9 44 38 14 8 2 4 23 16 13 4 4 5 21 22 6 42
8 Orenburg 27 12 3 12 50 52 13 9 2 2 32 17 14 3 1 10 18 35 -2 39
9 Sochi 27 11 4 12 36 48 14 8 3 3 25 17 13 3 1 9 11 31 -12 37
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 27 10 6 11 46 43 13 4 3 6 26 22 14 6 3 5 20 21 3 36
11 Ural 27 8 6 13 29 42 14 5 1 8 16 23 13 3 5 5 13 19 -13 30
12 Fakel 27 5 12 10 34 45 14 3 8 3 20 21 13 2 4 7 14 24 -11 27
13 Krylya Sovetov 27 6 8 13 27 43 13 2 6 5 10 17 14 4 2 8 17 26 -16 26
14 Olimpiyets 27 6 5 16 27 50 13 3 3 7 16 28 14 3 2 9 11 22 -23 23
15 Khimki 27 4 6 17 25 59 14 3 4 7 13 22 13 1 2 10 12 37 -34 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 27 3 4 20 20 52 13 2 1 10 8 24 14 1 3 10 12 28 -32 13

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