Spartak Moskva are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Khimki

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a pronounced contrast in form between these teams based on results so far, with Spartak Moskva in front of Khimki by 17 points.

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
  • Khimki is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they were involved in a Russian Cup fixture only four days back. That game was an away game at Fakel, so at least Spartak Moskva are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Spartak Moskva at their home stadium (Otkrytiye Arena) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Spartak Moskva has recorded two wins in a row here at Otkrytiye Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Spartak are returning here after guesting Fakel in a Russian Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that, Spartak Moskva played out a Premier League draw 2-2 when visiting CSKA Moskva.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.

Spartak Moskva are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Otkrytiye Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches.

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Khimki form and stats

Khimki have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Khimki in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Torpedo Moskva.

Two away games in a row for Khimki, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Cup.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Fakel.

Observe that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

Khimki have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. For Khimki, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Spartak victories, two draws and one Khimki win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
11 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
7 goals
KhimkiA. Dolgov
A. Dolgov
4 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Khimki missing players

Spartak Moskva Khimki
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 2 6 13
8 4 1 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 5 8
31 14 1 Scored S 1 7 13
16 5 0 Conceded C 4 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
85% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 77%
69% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 83% 69%
46% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 38%
38% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
69% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 83% 62%
23% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 31%
 
4.8 4.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.7 4.4
4 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 3.9
2.3 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.8 15.8 22 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.8 11.8
6.5 6.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.5
37% 45% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 29%
 
11.1 10.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14 16 14.5
4.1 4.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 7.2 6.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Khimki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier League
  • Khimki have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Khimki is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Khimki.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (11) 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 13 10 3 0 36 5 6 6 0 0 23 2 7 4 3 0 13 3 31 33
2 Spartak Moskva 13 8 2 3 31 16 5 4 0 1 14 5 8 4 2 2 17 11 15 26
3 CSKA Moskva 13 7 4 2 26 13 7 5 2 0 20 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 13 25
4 Rostov 13 7 4 2 24 19 8 5 2 1 15 10 5 2 2 1 9 9 5 25
5 Krasnodar 13 6 3 4 25 20 7 4 1 2 15 11 6 2 2 2 10 9 5 21
6 Dinamo Moskva 13 5 5 3 21 16 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 1 3 2 10 10 5 20
7 Sochi 13 6 2 5 22 22 6 5 1 0 15 5 7 1 1 5 7 17 0 20
8 Akhmat Grozny 13 6 2 5 21 21 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 0 3 14 13 0 20
9 Orenburg 13 6 0 7 22 31 6 5 0 1 15 7 7 1 0 6 7 24 -9 18
10 Krylya Sovetov 13 3 5 5 14 19 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 2 2 3 10 14 -5 14
11 Olimpiyets 13 3 4 6 17 23 7 1 2 4 11 16 6 2 2 2 6 7 -6 13
12 Ural 13 4 1 8 13 23 7 2 0 5 6 13 6 2 1 3 7 10 -10 13
13 Lokomotiv Moskva 13 3 3 7 16 26 6 1 3 2 12 11 7 2 0 5 4 15 -10 12
14 Fakel 13 1 8 4 16 23 6 1 4 1 9 10 7 0 4 3 7 13 -7 11
15 Khimki 13 2 3 8 13 23 7 1 3 3 6 9 6 1 0 5 7 14 -10 9
16 Torpedo Moskva 13 1 3 9 7 24 7 1 1 5 4 12 6 0 2 4 3 12 -17 6

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.