📊 Form Guide

Fakel Voronezh

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Fakel Voronezh go into this match following a 0-0 Premier League stalemate vs Spartak Moscow.

In that game, Fakel Voronezh had 44% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Spartak Moscow got 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

A common feature of recent Fakel Voronezh games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their prior six matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would've been a loser.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Fakel Voronezh:

• have not emerged victorious against Lokomotiv Moscow in their previous 4 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 10 matches in the league. No joy for the home fans.

Lokomotiv Moscow

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In their last fixture, Lokomotiv Moscow drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Orenburg.

In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 49% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Lokomotiv Moscow was Sergey Pinyaev (57'). On the other side, Orenburg got 23 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Aleksei Tatayev (66') was the scorer for Orenburg.

The stats don’t lie, and Lokomotiv Moscow have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals overall. In defence, Lokomotiv Moscow have been far from perfect. We will see if that trend can be sustained here.

Going into this encounter, Lokomotiv Moscow are without a win away from home in their last 8 league matches. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Premier League match day 15 on 09/11/2024 and the score finished Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Fakel Voronezh.

In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow had 49% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer was Aleksey Batrakov (29', 92').

Fakel Voronezh had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Evgeniy Markov (84') was the scorer.

The referee was Sergey Cyganok.

📋 Team News: Fakel Voronezh

Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Fakel Voronezh manager Igor Shalimov to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Maks Dziov (Broken fibula) is sidelined.

It’s our opinion that Fakelony may well go for a 5-3-2 system in the match, beginning the first half with Vitaliy Gudiev, Mohamed Brahimi, Igor Yurganov, Sergey Bozhin, Igor Kalinin, Ilnur Alshin, Dylan Mertens, Irakli Kvekveskiri, Vyacheslav Yakimov, Vladimir Iljin and Aleksey Kashtanov.

📋 Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

From a largely healthy group, there is only the sole fitness worry for the Lokomotiv Moscow gaffer Mikhail Galaktionov to contend with. Ilya Samoshnikov (Injury to the ankle) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that Loko seem likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Anton Mitryushkin, Maksim Nenakhov, Gerzino Nyamsi, Egor Pogostnov, Aleksandr Silyanov, Dmitri Barinov, Danila Godyaev, Vladislav Sarveli, Aleksey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev and Dmitri Vorobyev.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Fakel Voronezh will need things to go their way to be putting a goal past this Lokomotiv Moscow side who we think will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Lokomotiv Moscow when all is said and done.

We’ll see what happens.

Renata Leite, 13:02 11/05/2025