Dinamo Moskva bring their bags for Spartak Moskva and Otkrytiye Arena packed with confidence, but the team playing at home is not a walk in the park. More news on the fixture here!
- Spartak Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Dinamo Moskva have the most points (12) away in Premier League
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!
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-2. Spartak has recorded two wins in a row here at Otkrytiye Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Spartak goalkeeper Aleksandr Maximenko is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 189 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A strong away win for Spartak Moskva against Akhmat Grozny the last match, as Aleksandr Sobolev were on target. Defender Maximiliano Caufriez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Caufriez hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Napoli and winning 3-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Spartak Moskva perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Spartak as a small favourite), we find five games. Spartak Moskva has won three of these, drawn one and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Leicester City are coming to town in four days.
Spartak Moskva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Otkrytiye Arena with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Dinamo Moskva form and stats
Playing away, Dinamo Moskva, who have the most points (12) away in Premier League, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. Momentum is building for Dinamo Moskva in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Dinamo's previous game was their home loss versus Krylya Sovetov (0-1). Fabián Balbuena, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Balbuena hit one key pass and won 6 of 10 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Rubin Kazan'.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Dinamo Moskva in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Dinamo Moskva, one draw and one defeat.
The travelling fans enjoy Dinamo's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Spartak wins - draws - Dinamo Moskva wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Fomin 5 goals |  E. Ponce Martínez 4 goals | S. Szymański 3 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Dinamo Moskva missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 6.1 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 15.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 18.8 | 19.6 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6.6 |
| 20% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 21% |
- Dinamo Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Dinamo Moskva have the most points (12) away in Premier League
- Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Sochi | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Olimpiyets | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Rostov | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 14 | Ural | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Ufa | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Khimki | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |