Both these participants are in good shape, Lokomotiv Moskva enjoying a 6 point advantage on Spartak Moskva in the standings. Let's go!
- Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Spartak Moskva have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Spartak drew their last game, 1-1 away at Leicester City. Midfielder Victor Moses was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Moses scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rostov that ended 1-1.Spartak have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Otkrytiye Arena with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Spartak's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
2-5-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Moskva in their Premier League matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the CSKA Moskva game have they lost an away game, meaning Lokomotiv has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Galatasaray in their previous outing. The Europa League match ended in a draw 1-1. The draw against Galatasaray came from a losing position. The Lokomotiv manager M. Gisdol brought on François Kamano as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Konstantin Maradishvili was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Maradishvili served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Olimpiyets with the score of 2-1.Lokomotiv Moskva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Lokomotiv Moskva as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Spartak, four draws and two wins for Lokomotiv Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Smolov 7 goals |  R. Zhemaletdinov 5 goals |   E. Ponce Martínez 4 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 62% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 38% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 14% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 15% |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15.8 | 15.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 22% | 33% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 33% |
| 9.7 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4 | 3.9 |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have not yet lost a game away.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Spartak Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Spartak Moskva have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Sochi | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Rostov | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Ufa | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Khimki | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Arsenal Tula | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Ural | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 10 |