📏 Form Guide

Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-4 Premier League loss in their previous game against Dynamo Moscow.

In that match, Nizhny Novgorod managed 40% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Nizhny Novgorod was Nikolay Kalinskiy (91'). Dynamo Moscow got 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Konstantin Tyukavin (31'), Daniil Fomin (44'), Roberto Fernández (57') and Bitello (66') scored for Dynamo Moscow.

Fixtures with Nizhny Novgorod have tended to be exciting affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 7 of them being chalked up by Nizhny Novgorod.

Coming into this contest, Nizhny Novgorod have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Last time out, Lokomotiv Moscow drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Rubin Kazan.

In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 60% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Lokomotiv Moscow was Dmitri Barinov (43'). On the other side, Rubin Kazan had 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Valentin Vada (21') scored for Rubin Kazan.

The numbers tell their own story, and Lokomotiv Moscow have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Lokomotiv Moscow have clearly had some problems. Historical results aside, we must now wait to see if that pattern will be maintained in this next match.

Going into this one, Lokomotiv Moscow are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league fixture between the two was Premier League match day 10 on 30/09/2023 when it ended Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 Nizhny Novgorod.

On that day, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 60% possession and 12 shots on goal with 1 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Rifat Zhemaletdinov (83').

At the other end, Nizhny Novgorod got 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Vladislav Bezborodov.

ℹ️ Team News: Nizhny Novgorod

The Nizhny Novgorod boss Sergei Yuran has zero fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

It seems likely that Nizhny Novgorod could opt for a 3-5-1-1 formation for the game, beginning the first half with Artur Nigmatullin, Viktor Aleksandrov, Kirill Gotsuk, Dmitri Tikhiy, Vladislav Karapuzov, Nikolay Kalinskiy, Nikita Kakkoev, Nikita Ermakov, Mateo Stamatov, A. Troshechkin and Juan Manuel Boselli.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow manager Mikhail Galaktionov has to choose a team with limited availability. Guilherme (unknown injury) and Lucas Fasson (Muscle injury) are those who can’t be considered. Evgeniy Morozov cannot play in this game through suspension.

We’re of the thinking that Loko might elect for a 4-2-3-1 system using Ilya Lantratov, Maksim Nenakhov, Gerzino Nyamsi, Aleksandr Silyanov, Nayair Tiknizyan, Artem Karpukas, Dmitri Barinov, Ilya Samoshnikov, Anton Miranchuk, Sergey Pinyaev and Maksim Glushenkov.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Lokomotiv Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. Therefore, we predict a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.

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

Lucas Pereira, 15:09 24/04/2024