Both teams are in pretty good shape, CSKA Moskva having a 7 point advantage on Spartak Moskva in the tables. Let's go!
- Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Spartak Moskva will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Sochi (placed 3rd). Gigot was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Gigot hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Spartak Moskva lost 0-3 at Sochi's place.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 Spartak have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Spartak Moskva as they have a new game in only four days, a Russian Cup match thankfully also at home. Urozhay are visiting.
A decent goal production from Spartak Moskva in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Spartak have conceded 10 in these home matches.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of CSKA Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. CSKA Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The club members enjoyed CSKA Moskva's previous match versus Arsenal Tula (placed 13th), a 2-0 win played at home. Zabolotnyi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.02. Zabolotnyi scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Arsenal Tula.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with CSKA Moskva playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were zero CSKA Moskva wins, two draws and five defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Moskva now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Russian Cup game at Sochi is waiting in only four days.
CSKA Moskva have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by CSKA Moskva in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: CSKA Moskva - Spartak Moskva 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Spartak victories, one draw and four CSKA Moskva wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sobolev 4 goals |  Q. Promes 4 goals |  R. Zobnin 2 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
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| Spartak Moskva | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 28% |
| 6.2 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15.1 | 14.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 24% | 36% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 24% | 24% |
| 10.8 | 10.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 13.9 | 14 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spartak Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Spartak Moskva have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochi | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Ural | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 14 |
