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Predictions and Tips
Lokomotiv Moscow will be the visitors at Ak Bars Arena on Saturday for the Premier League meeting with hosts Rubin Kazan.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Rubin Kazan v Lokomotiv Moscow match are shown here (including the best match odds).
📊 Form Guide

Rubin Kazan
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Rubin Kazan will play in this game following on from a 1-1 Premier League draw against Krylia Sovetov.
In that match, Rubin Kazan had 53% possession and 5 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Rubin Kazan was Valentin Vada (88'). For their opponents, Krylia Sovetov Samara had 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Ivan Sergeev (16') was the scorer for Krylia Sovetov.
It has been seldom in recent games that Rubin Kazan have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Rubin Kazan have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals during that time.
Pre-game facts show that Rubin Kazan:
- have not registered a win against Lokomotiv Moscow in their last 13 league matches. A shocking run, it really is.
- are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.
Lokomotiv Moscow
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In their last fixture, Lokomotiv Moscow drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Zenit St Petersburg.
In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 30% possession and 6 shots on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Lokomotiv Moscow was Aleksey Batrakov (62'). Zenit got 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Aleksandr Sobolev (85') scored for Zenit St Petersburg.
The stats don’t lie, and Lokomotiv Moscow have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in all. At the back, Lokomotiv Moscow seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this next game, though.
Analysis of their past results shows that Lokomotiv Moscow:
- have not won against Rubin Kazan in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
- remain unbeaten by Rubin Kazan in away games against them for the last 6 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
- have not won away from home in their last 6 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head meetings going back to 05/12/2020 shows that Rubin Kazan have won 0 of them and Lokomotiv Moscow 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
An aggregate of 16 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 of them from Tatáry and 10 belonging to Loko. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The last league fixture between the two was Premier League match day 14 on 02/11/2024 and the score finished Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0 Rubin Kazan.
On that occasion, Lokomotiv Moscow had 60% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Artyom Timofeev (88').
Rubin Kazan got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Sergey Ivanov.
💭 Prediction
We think that Rubin Kazan will have a tough ask to get anything against this Lokomotiv Moscow lineup who we reckon should gain the upper hand.
That’s why we have predicted a narrow 0-1 win for Lokomotiv Moscow at the end of the 90.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Lucas Pereira, 13:03 12/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Rubin Kazan
Formed: 1958
Stadium: Ak Bars Arena (45,379)
Captain: Oleg Ivanov
Chairman: Marat Safiullin
Manager: Rashid Rakhimov
Competitions: Premier League position 8
🔑 Star Player: Nikola Čumić
Mostly played in the Right Wing position, Nikola Čumić was born in Užice, Serbia. After having played his first senior match for Sporting Gijón in the 2020 - 2021 season, the skilful Forward has hit 2 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 19 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 52 | DWWWW |
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24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 47 | LWDWL |
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23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 47 | DWLWD |
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24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 47 | WWWWW |
5 |
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24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 43 | WLWLD |
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23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 41 | DDWLD |
7 |
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23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 33 | DWLWL |
8 |
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23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 33 | LWWLD |
9 |
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24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 27 | LWLWW |
10 |
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23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 25 | LWLLL |
11 |
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23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 23 | DLLWD |
12 |
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23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -14 | 23 | WLDWL |
13 |
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24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -25 | 20 | LLLLD |
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23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -15 | 20 | WDDDD |
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23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -23 | 15 | LLLLD |
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24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 14 | LWLWL |
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Krylia Sovetov |
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Zenit St Petersburg |
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Nizhny Novgorod |
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Spartak Moscow |
Terek Grozny |
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Zenit St Petersburg |
Krylia Sovetov |
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Dynamo Moscow |
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Terek Grozny |
Dinamo Makhachkala |
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Lokomotiv Moscow |
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Nizhny Novgorod |
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Spartak Moscow |
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Akron Tolyatti |
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FC Krasnodar |
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Dynamo Moscow |
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Terek Grozny |
Krylia Sovetov |
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Dinamo Makhachkala |
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FC Krasnodar |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 49 |
Time first goal conceded | 25 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Mirlind Daku | 11 |
Dardan Shabanhaxhaj | 3 |
Egor Teslenko | 3 |
Nikola Čumić | 2 |
Veldin Hodža | 2 |
Aleksey Batrakov | 12 |
Dmitriy Vorobyev | 7 |
Gerzino Nyamsi | 4 |
Ilya Samoshnikov | 4 |
Sergey Pinyaev | 2 |
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Fakel Voronezh |
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FC Rostov |
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Orenburg |
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Nizhny Novgorod |
FC Rostov |
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Orenburg |
Fakel Voronezh |
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CSKA Moscow |
Akron Tolyatti |
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Lokomotiv Moscow |
