The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Spartak Moskva leading Tambov by 20 points. Match preview to follow:
- Spartak Moskva has the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Tambov have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Spartak Moskva have to build on here at Otkrytiye Arena in the Premier League.
Spartak's last game was hosting Rotor Volgograd (placed 16th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dinamo Moskva that ended 1-1.
Spartak goalkeeper Aleksandr Maksimenko did an outstanding job against Rotor Volgograd with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Spartak have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Otkrytiye Arena with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Spartak Moskva are not conceding a lot of goals here at Otkrytiye Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Tambov form and stats
Tambov have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-2-5 (8 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Tambov who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Ural was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Tambov have lost on their last two travels.
The attacking players of Tambov have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 296 minutes.
Tambov are travelling again after losing away to Ufa in their previous match (0-4). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Krasnodar's place.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ufa was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Tambov as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tambov as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tambov have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Tambov - Spartak 0-2 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Spartak won one, Tambov won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Larsson 6 goals | E. Ponce Martínez 6 goals | A. Sobolev 5 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Tambov missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Tambov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 31% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14.8 | 14.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.9 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 34% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 26% |
- Spartak Moskva has the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
- Spartak Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Tambov.
- Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tambov have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tambov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sochi | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Ural | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Ufa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -18 | 8 |