Early betting action imply Spartak Moskva superiority when meeting Rubin Kazan'

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytie Arena (26319 seats)

Showdown between Spartak Moskva - Rubin Kazan'! Despite the season performances so far, this fixture could be immense!

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • All of Rubin Kazan''s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

It's quite the trip for Rubin Kazan' when visiting Spartak Moskva as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Spartak Moskva and Rubin Kazan' should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

All-inclusive Premier League results playing at home this season for Spartak Moskva are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Spartak last time playing, versus Arsenal Tula. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Nicholson (2) and Zobnin scoring for the victors. The striker Nicholson edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.64 out of 10. Nicholson scored two goals and hit two key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lokomotiv Moskva.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Spartak Moskva home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager Vanoli will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dinamo Moskva in only two days.

Spartak Moskva have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Otkrytie Arena with 18 goals in 12 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Rubin Kazan' form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rubin Kazan' so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Kazan' who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Akhmat Grozny was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Krasnodar with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Kuchaev was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.74/10. Kuchaev hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Khimki.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rubin Kazan' manager Slutskiy as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Yenisey.

The visiting Rubin Kazan' have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. For Rubin Kazan', more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The newest reported meeting between these contenders is the Rubin Kazan' - Spartak 1-0 played previously this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Spartak Moskva won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Rubin Kazan' got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
6 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
4 goals
Spartak MoskvaR. Zobnin
R. Zobnin
3 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Rubin Kazan' missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva Rubin Kazan'
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 4 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
10 4 1 Lost L 2 7 13
27 18 10 Scored S 3 14 31
32 14 3 Conceded C 8 26 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 92% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
42% 58% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 58% 58%
12% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 33%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 21%
54% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 62%
25% 25% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 17%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 21%
 
5.9 4.8 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.3 3.3
3.9 3.6 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 6.3 5.7
2.7 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3 2.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
14.8 15.5 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 12.6 13
4.6 4.5 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.5
25% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 28%
 
10.5 10.4 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 19.7 18.5 16
3 3 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.7 6.6 6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Rubin Kazan''s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 24 15 7 2 55 23 12 10 1 1 36 13 12 5 6 1 19 10 32 52
2 Dinamo Moskva 24 15 4 5 43 24 12 6 3 3 20 11 12 9 1 2 23 13 19 49
3 CSKA Moskva 24 13 4 7 36 24 12 7 3 2 19 8 12 6 1 5 17 16 12 43
4 Sochi 24 13 3 8 37 25 12 7 1 4 24 12 12 6 2 4 13 13 12 42
5 Krasnodar 23 11 6 6 35 22 10 5 2 3 13 8 13 6 4 3 22 14 13 39
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 10 7 6 33 29 12 7 1 4 19 13 11 3 6 2 14 16 4 37
7 Krylya Sovetov 24 10 5 9 30 26 12 5 3 4 18 12 12 5 2 5 12 14 4 35
8 Akhmat Grozny 24 10 2 12 29 32 13 7 0 6 20 17 11 3 2 6 9 15 -3 32
9 Spartak Moskva 24 8 6 10 27 32 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 3 3 6 9 18 -5 30
10 Rostov 24 7 7 10 39 41 13 4 2 7 23 23 11 3 5 3 16 18 -2 28
11 Olimpiyets 24 7 6 11 22 34 12 3 2 7 11 18 12 4 4 4 11 16 -12 27
12 Rubin Kazan' 24 7 4 13 31 43 12 4 2 6 17 17 12 3 2 7 14 26 -12 25
13 Khimki 24 5 9 10 26 41 12 2 7 3 14 16 12 3 2 7 12 25 -15 24
14 Ural 24 4 9 11 15 25 12 1 6 5 5 10 12 3 3 6 10 15 -10 21
15 Ufa 24 4 9 11 22 34 12 2 6 4 13 15 12 2 3 7 9 19 -12 21
16 Arsenal Tula 24 5 6 13 24 49 11 3 5 3 12 15 13 2 1 10 12 34 -25 21

Table
  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 24 15 7 2 55 23 12 10 1 1 36 13 12 5 6 1 19 10 32 52
2 Dinamo Moskva 24 15 4 5 43 24 12 6 3 3 20 11 12 9 1 2 23 13 19 49
3 CSKA Moskva 24 13 4 7 36 24 12 7 3 2 19 8 12 6 1 5 17 16 12 43
4 Sochi 24 13 3 8 37 25 12 7 1 4 24 12 12 6 2 4 13 13 12 42
5 Krasnodar 23 11 6 6 35 22 10 5 2 3 13 8 13 6 4 3 22 14 13 39
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 10 7 6 33 29 12 7 1 4 19 13 11 3 6 2 14 16 4 37
7 Krylya Sovetov 24 10 5 9 30 26 12 5 3 4 18 12 12 5 2 5 12 14 4 35
8 Akhmat Grozny 24 10 2 12 29 32 13 7 0 6 20 17 11 3 2 6 9 15 -3 32
9 Spartak Moskva 24 8 6 10 27 32 12 5 3 4 18 14 12 3 3 6 9 18 -5 30
10 Rostov 24 7 7 10 39 41 13 4 2 7 23 23 11 3 5 3 16 18 -2 28
11 Olimpiyets 24 7 6 11 22 34 12 3 2 7 11 18 12 4 4 4 11 16 -12 27
12 Rubin Kazan' 24 7 4 13 31 43 12 4 2 6 17 17 12 3 2 7 14 26 -12 25
13 Khimki 24 5 9 10 26 41 12 2 7 3 14 16 12 3 2 7 12 25 -15 24
14 Ural 24 4 9 11 15 25 12 1 6 5 5 10 12 3 3 6 10 15 -10 21
15 Ufa 24 4 9 11 22 34 12 2 6 4 13 15 12 2 3 7 9 19 -12 21
16 Arsenal Tula 24 5 6 13 24 49 11 3 5 3 12 15 13 2 1 10 12 34 -25 21

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