📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow head into this fixture following a 2-2 Premier League drawn match vs Sochi.

In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 49% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Lokomotiv Moscow, the scorers were Rifat Zhemaletdinov (2') and Maksim Glushenkov (42'). On the other side, Sochi had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Artur Yusupov (4') and Marcelo Alves (51') scored for Sochi.

Lokomotiv Moscow haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 13 during that period and have conceded a total of 9.

Taking a look at their past results, Lokomotiv Moscow:

• have not been beaten in the league by FC Krasnodar in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 7 home league matches.

FC Krasnodar

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After a losing effort in their last game against FC Rostov in Premier League competition, FC Krasnodar will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, FC Krasnodar managed 50% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Krasnodar was Jhon Córdoba (66'). On the other side, Rostov got 18 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Mohammad Mohebi (25', 61') scored for FC Rostov.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Krasnodar have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals in total. Defensively, FC Krasnodar have seen their frailties exposed. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that FC Krasnodar:

• have not beaten Lokomotiv Moscow when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 13/12/2020 shows us that Lokomotiv Moscow have won 2 of these and FC Krasnodar 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 for Loko and 13 being from Byki. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league game between the two was Premier League match day 5 on 19/08/2023 and the score finished FC Krasnodar 1-1 Lokomotiv Moscow.

That day, FC Krasnodar managed 60% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Ilzat Akhmetov (47').

At the other end, Lokomotiv Moscow had 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Anton Miranchuk (97') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yevgeni Kukulyak.

📰 Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Moscow boss Mikhail Galaktionov to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Nair Tiknizyan (Hamstring strain) is sidelined.

📰 Team News: FC Krasnodar

Due to a completely healthy group ready to go, the FC Krasnodar boss Murad Musayev has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

It seems to us that FC Krasnodar and Lokomotiv Moscow could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. We’re therefore predicting a tight encounter with a score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 16:01 31/03/2024