Spartak Moskva - FK Nizjni Novgorod. 3rd position hosts 14th position. The ball is round - get a thorough overview of the game here!
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (21) in Premier League
- Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.
Novgorod are struggling to avoid relegation.
Spartak Moskva and FK Nizjni Novgorod should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Otkrytiye Arena. 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games. In general it's been a long time since Spartak Moskva tasted defeat here at Otkrytiye Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
The Spartak fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host CSKA Moskva and win 2-1. At last, a league win after three fixtures without. The gifted forward Promes outperformed all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Promes scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
Before that, Spartak Moskva played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Khimki.Take note: 11 of the latest 13 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 14 games), Spartak's attacking play is working. Spartak Moskva have conceded 17 in these home matches.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FK Nizjni Novgorod so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Novgorod as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the CSKA Moskva match.
FK Nizjni Novgorod are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against Sochi (placed 10th). That win felt nice as this side had gone three league rounds without victory. As mentioned above, FK Nizjni Novgorod was the only team on the pitch versus Sochi in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Kalinskiy got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. Kalinskiy hit five key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fakel wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.You'll want to know how FK Nizjni Novgorod managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Novgorod have conceded 22 goals in these games. FK Nizjni Novgorod has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this campaign: FK Nizjni Novgorod - Spartak 1-2. Statistics for the prior three meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Spartak Moskva, one draw and one win for FK Nizjni Novgorod. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 20 goals |  A. Sobolev 13 goals |  T. Suleymanov 10 goals |
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| Spartak Moskva | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 60 | 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 37 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 86% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 79% |
| 64% | 71% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 57% | 68% |
| 43% | 50% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 36% |
| 36% | 43% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 71% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 39% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 17.4 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
| 6.5 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 26% | 32% |
| 10.6 | 9 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 15.8 | 13.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (21) 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 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 53 | 66 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 54 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Rostov | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 50 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 46 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Sochi | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -16 | 37 |
| 11 | Ural | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 30 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | Fakel | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | Khimki | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 40 | -37 | 18 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -35 | 13 |
