Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FK Nizjni Novgorod & Lokomotiv Moskva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.FK Nizjni Novgorod have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
FK Nizjni Novgorod's previous match was a Russian Cup game also played at home, ending 2-0 vs Lokomotiv Moskva. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dinamo Moskva that ended 2-2.FK Nizjni Novgorod can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Novgorod have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Things could have gone better for Lokomotiv Moskva in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Two away matches in a row for Lokomotiv Moskva, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs FK Nizjni Novgorod in the Russian Cup.
Before that, Lokomotiv Moskva secured a home win against Orenburg with the score 5-1.People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Lokomotiv concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head match ended FK Nizjni Novgorod - Lokomotiv Moskva 2-0, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the last four meetings): FK Nizjni Novgorod won one game, one match ended with a draw and Lokomotiv Moskva have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Suleymanov 3 goals |   A. Miranchuk 3 goals | I. Ignatyev 3 goals |
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10.7 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | ||
| 13.9 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.6 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sochi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Khimki | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 1 |
