The visiting Lokomotiv Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Tambov, as the away team holds a 36 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.
- Tambov have the most conceded goals (50) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Russian Cup game only three days ago.
Tambov are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Lokomotiv are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Tambov form and stats
Tambov's struggle is real here at Mordovia Arena with only 8 points collected from 13 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-9. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. With nine home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Tambov fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Ufa game long ago, can be stopped today.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 254 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Arkhipov was the last player to find the net.
Tambov lost their last game at Arsenal Tula (placed 13th) after a 0-4 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Khimki.
Tambov were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Rodion Syamuk had a busy but productive day in the Arsenal Tula match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Lokomotiv Moskva to win. Let's see if Tambov are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: three games found revealing zero Tambov wins, zero draws and three defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tambov here at Mordovia Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 13 games). On the other hand, Tambov have conceded 19 goals.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 5-3-5 so far. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Tambov. Having won their last three away games Lokomotiv has no reason to fear anyone.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Rostov in the Premier League.
As mentioned earlier, Lokomotiv will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in zero wins (zero by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and zero surprising defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lokomotiv Moskva have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Lokomotiv Moskva have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiv Moskva - Tambov 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Tambov victories, zero draws and five Lokomotiv Moskva wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Krychowiak 7 goals |  F. Smolov 6 goals |  A. Miranchuk 4 goals |
Tambov missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Tambov | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 38 |
| 50 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 88% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 65% |
| 42% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 46% | 46% |
| 31% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 38% | 42% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 54% | 54% |
| 54% | 46% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 23% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.1 | 8.8 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 22% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | 31% |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Tambov.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Tambov have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tambov have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
- Tambov have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Premier League
- Tambov have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Premier League
- Tambov have the most conceded goals (50) in Premier League
- Tambov have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
- Tambov have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Premier League
- Tambov have the the worst goal difference (-35) in Premier League
- Tambov haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tambov is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 55 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 46 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Sochi | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 8 | Khimki | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 38 |
| 9 | Rostov | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 35 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Ural | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | -18 | 23 |
| 14 | Ufa | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -31 | 18 |
| 16 | Tambov | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 13 |