A victory to the home team is predicted from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Spartak Moskva regulars are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Fakel's 14th spot in the table will be visible on the pitch.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
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.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Premier League games here at Otkrytiye Arena for Spartak Moskva. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in Spartak's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ural (placed 10th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Litvinov (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.85/10. Litvinov scored two goals and had 59 successful passes (of 68 total).
Before that fixture, a home win against Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Cup. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Spartak Moskva home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.
Observe: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had goals from both teams.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Spartak Moskva as they have a new game in only three days, a Russian Cup match thankfully also at home. Ural are visiting.
Spartak are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Otkrytiye Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. Spartak Moskva are not conceding a lot of goals here at Otkrytiye Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Fakel form and stats
There's been little loot from Fakel's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Fakel only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Fakel are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Fakel's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Khimki that finished 1-1. The attacker Appaev got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Appaev served one assist and hit two key passes.
A defeat, in the Russian Cup away at Krylya Sovetov, earlier.
Observe! Both sides have scored in 14 of this club's latest 18 league games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fakel as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For Fakel, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants met previously this campaign; Fakel - Spartak Moskva 1-4. Head to head data (for the preceeding three meetings): Spartak Moskva won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Fakel managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 14 goals |  A. Sobolev 7 goals |  G. Gongadze 5 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Fakel missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 28% |
| 67% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 28% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.7 | 16.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.4 | 11.9 |
| 6.6 | 7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 21% | 27% |
| 10.6 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17 | 15.8 |
| 4 | 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Fakel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Fakel have yet to win a game away.
- 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.
- Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fakel have scored away.
- Spartak Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- 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 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Rostov | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sochi | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Fakel | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 15 | Khimki | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 7 |
