Lokomotiv Moscow vs Nizhny Novgorod Live Stream, Predictions

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Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-0 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Rubin Kazan.

In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow had 57% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Rubin Kazan had 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Dardan Shabanhaxhaj (50') was the scorer for Rubin Kazan.

Lokomotiv Moscow have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they have also done enough to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Lokomotiv Moscow have seen their goal breached in 6 of them while also managing to get on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Ahead of this meeting, Lokomotiv Moscow are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Nizhny Novgorod

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In their last game, Nizhny Novgorod drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Dynamo Moscow.

The only name on the scoresheet from Nizhny Novgorod was Aleksandr Troshechkin (60'). Yarolsav Gladyshev (71') scored for Dynamo Moscow.

It is worth noting that Nizhny Novgorod have been starved of goals over their last 6 clashes, netting the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, Nizhny Novgorod have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 10. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether that trend will continue on in this game.

Going into this encounter, Nizhny Novgorod are without an away win for the past 5 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 23/04/2022 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Nizhny Novgorod. They have not managed to get any victories at all whereas Lokomotiv Moscow have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 83% of those matches played.

In all, 19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 14 for Loko and 5 coming from Nizhny Novgorod. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league match between these clubs was Premier League match day 9 on 22/09/2024 when it finished Nizhny Novgorod 1-3 Lokomotiv Moscow.

In that match, Nizhny Novgorod managed 47% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Juan Manuel Boselli (26').

At the other end, Lokomotiv Moscow got 20 shots at goal with 7 on target. Dmitriy Vorobyev (20') and Aleksey Batrakov (65', 73') scored.

The match was refereed by Sergey Cheban.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Lokomotiv Moscow will more than likely create enough chances to score more than one when they come up against Nizhny Novgorod, who may well find it hard getting goals.

Our tip is for a decent 2-0 victory for Lokomotiv Moscow at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 10:18 16/04/2025