It's advantage Spartak Moskva so far with their 4th position in the Premier League table, welcoming Krasnodar who are placed 7th.
- Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Krasnodar have scored away.
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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Krasnodar have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Spartak Moskva are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Spartak Moskva to get some points in this home game.
The Spartak crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Rubin Kazan here at Otkrytiye Arena in a Premier League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dinamo Moskva (0-2).
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 four games. Spartak Moskva has won one of these, drawn two and lost one.
Spartak have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Otkrytiye Arena with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Spartak Moskva's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Krasnodar form and stats
There's been little loot from Krasnodar's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Krasnodar only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Krasnodar in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Sochi.
There were no winners in Krasnodar's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Ural (placed 12th). A 0-1 defeat away at Dinamo Zagreb before that.
As mentioned above, Krasnodar drew the match against Ural. Manager M. Musaev brought on Rémy Cabella to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Krasnodar in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Krasnodar, two draws and two defeats.
The attacking power of Krasnodar when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Krasnodar have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Krasnodar - Spartak 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Spartak won five, Krasnodar won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Berg 9 goals |   J. Larsson 8 goals | E. Ponce Martínez 8 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Krasnodar missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Krasnodar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 33 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 37 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 45% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 35% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 22% | 40% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 15% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14.9 | 15.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 14.8 | 16.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| 34% | 32% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 14% | 30% |
- Krasnodar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Krasnodar have scored away.
- 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 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Sochi | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Rostov | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 31 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Khimki | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Ural | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 17 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 15 | Ufa | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 16 | Tambov | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 13 |