📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 Premier League victory against Fakel Voronezh.

In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow had 55% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Lokomotiv Moscow was Dmitriy Vorobyev (22'). Fakel Voronezh got 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Lokomotiv Moscow have taken part. Breaking down the goal split in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 and Lokomotiv Moscow managed a tally of 7.

Pre-game facts show that Lokomotiv Moscow:

• have not been beaten in the league by CSKA Moscow in their previous 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 home league matches.

CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow will go into this meeting following a 1-0 Premier League win in the defeat of FC Krasnodar in their most recent match.

In that match, CSKA Moscow managed 47% possession and 18 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for CSKA Moscow was Saúl Guarirapa (69'). Krasnodar had 9 shots on goal with 1 on target.

A sequence of hard-working showings from the CSKA Moscow defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures combined. During the same period, their own forwards have managed to score 10. That sort of trend might not be sustained into this match, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that CSKA Moscow:

• remain unbeaten by Lokomotiv Moscow when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 11 league matches away from home. They really have been good on their travels.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes dating back to 12/03/2022 tells us that Lokomotiv Moscow have won 1 of them & CSKA Moscow 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

In all, 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them from Loko and 11 created by Armeytsy. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 5 on 18/08/2024 when it finished CSKA Moscow 0-1 Lokomotiv Moscow.

That day, CSKA Moscow managed 55% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Lokomotiv Moscow got 5 shots on goal with 2 on target. Nayair Tiknizyan (90') was the scorer.

The referee was Kirill Levnikov.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Moscow manager Mikhail Galaktionov to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Ilya Samoshnikov (Injury to the ankle) misses out.

In all likelihood, Loko may well use a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Anton Mitryushkin, Maksim Nenakhov, Cesar Montes, Egor Pogostnov, Lucas Fasson, Dmitri Barinov, Artem Karpukas, Danila Godyaev, Aleksey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev and Dmitri Vorobyev.

🗞️ Team News: CSKA Moscow

Thanks to a largely available group of players, there’s just the one fitness problem for the CSKA Moscow boss Marko Nikolić to contend with. Rodrigo Villagra (Fitness) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that Armeytsy will likely make use of a 4-4-2 system, choosing Igor Akinfeev, Khellven, Igor Diveev, Willyan Rocha, Moisés, Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak, Kristijan Bistrovic, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Sekou Koita and Saul Guarirapa.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow could both find goals hard to come by here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 17:03 19/05/2025