Spartak Moskva favourites for feisty fight facing Krasnodar

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Mon 24.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

Spartak Moskva reset their brains and bodies for this after their 1-2 result vs Akron, a fixture they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Krasnodar?

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier League
  • Krasnodar have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League

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.

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.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Spartak Moskva are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Otkrytiye Arena. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Spartak Moskva.

The regulars are hoping that Spartak will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Russian Cup fixture against Akron.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Torpedo Moskva.

Spartak Moskva are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Otkrytiye Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 11 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Krasnodar form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Krasnodar, who have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Krasnodar love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Krasnodar delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Krylya Sovetov in their previous match; a Russian Cup duel.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sochi.

Take note that 13 of this side's 17 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

Krasnodar have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 26 goals from 12 away matches. As for defending, Krasnodar rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this season: Krasnodar - Spartak 1-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Spartak Moskva four wins, one draw and Krasnodar five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
16 goals
KrasnodarJ. Córdoba Copete
J. Córdoba Copete
10 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
9 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Krasnodar missing players

Spartak Moskva Krasnodar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 12 23
13 7 3 Won W 0 5 11
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
50 28 8 Scored S 3 26 49
28 12 1 Conceded C 7 20 36
96% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 91%
83% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 87%
65% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 74%
43% 55% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 65%
35% 45% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 58% 39%
65% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 65%
26% 45% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 30%
13% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 13%
 
5 5.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.1
4.2 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.8 4.8
2.5 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
17.1 17.8 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 13.6 14.4
6.5 7.2 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.9 5.7
34% 35% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 37% 37%
 
10.4 8.5 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15.8 14.3
4 3.5 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 6.1 5.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Krasnodar have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League
  • 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 the most points from losing position (13) 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 23 17 4 2 57 11 11 10 0 1 39 6 12 7 4 1 18 5 46 55
2 Rostov 23 13 7 3 40 30 13 8 3 2 22 16 10 5 4 1 18 14 10 46
3 Spartak Moskva 23 13 6 4 50 28 11 7 3 1 28 12 12 6 3 3 22 16 22 45
4 CSKA Moskva 23 13 5 5 42 21 11 8 2 1 28 8 12 5 3 4 14 13 21 44
5 Dinamo Moskva 23 11 6 6 42 30 12 8 2 2 23 11 11 3 4 4 19 19 12 39
6 Krasnodar 23 11 5 7 49 36 11 6 2 3 23 16 12 5 3 4 26 20 13 38
7 Akhmat Grozny 23 11 4 8 34 30 11 5 2 4 14 12 12 6 2 4 20 18 4 37
8 Orenburg 23 10 3 10 44 47 12 8 2 2 31 17 11 2 1 8 13 30 -3 33
9 Sochi 23 9 4 10 32 43 12 6 3 3 21 16 11 3 1 7 11 27 -11 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 8 4 11 36 40 11 2 3 6 18 21 12 6 1 5 18 19 -4 28
11 Krylya Sovetov 23 6 7 10 23 33 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 4 2 6 15 22 -10 25
12 Ural 23 7 4 12 25 37 12 4 1 7 13 19 11 3 3 5 12 18 -12 25
13 Olimpiyets 23 5 4 14 25 47 11 2 2 7 14 27 12 3 2 7 11 20 -22 19
14 Fakel 23 2 12 9 28 42 12 2 8 2 18 18 11 0 4 7 10 24 -14 18
15 Khimki 23 3 5 15 19 50 11 2 3 6 8 18 12 1 2 9 11 32 -31 14
16 Torpedo Moskva 23 3 4 16 16 37 12 2 1 9 7 19 11 1 3 7 9 18 -21 13

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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.