It's advantage Spartak Moskva so far with their 2nd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Khimki who are placed 8th.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) in Premier League
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Khimki are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Spartak Moskva so far this season.
It's back home for Spartak Moskva, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arsenal Tula away with the result 2-1. Aleksandr Sobolev and Jordan Larsson found the net in that victory. Before that, Spartak had a home game versus CSKA Moskva which ended with a victory 1-0.
Spartak are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew zero and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Spartak's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Spartak have conceded 15 goals.
Khimki form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
205 minutes! That's how long the Khimki goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Khimki's previous game versus Ural (placed 12th), a Premier League 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Dinamo Moskva with the score of 1-0.
Goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov was absolutely vital in the Khimki victory against Ural, making nine saves.
You'll want to know how Khimki managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and one home win.
Khimki are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Khimki's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Khimki - Spartak 2-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Spartak won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Khimki has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Larsson 14 goals | A. Sobolev 13 goals | E. Ponce Martínez 9 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Khimki missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 52 | 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 68% |
| 54% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 36% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 25% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 61% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 50% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 36% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.6 | 12 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 29% |
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (18) 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 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 61 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 52 |
| 4 | Sochi | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 49 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan' | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 46 |
| 8 | Khimki | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Rostov | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 12 | Ural | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | -20 | 23 |
| 14 | Ufa | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -21 | 21 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -36 | 21 |
| 16 | Tambov | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -40 | 13 |