📊 Form Guide

Spartak Moscow

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Spartak Moscow head into this fixture following a 0-0 Premier League drawn result vs CSKA Moscow.

In that game, Spartak Moscow managed 54% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, CSKA Moscow got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Over their last six games, Spartak Moscow have hit the target a combined total of 7 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Spartak Moscow:

• are unbeaten in the league by Lokomotiv Moscow in their previous 3 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow go into this encounter following on from a 2-3 Premier League win as they beat Nizhny Novgorod in their previous game.

In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 77% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Lokomotiv Moscow, the goals were scored by Timur Suleymanov (75'), Anton Miranchuk (92') and Aleksandr Silyanov (96'). Pari Nizhny Novgorod got 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Nikolay Kalinskiy (35', 58') scored for Nizhny Novgorod.

Lokomotiv Moscow have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 12 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Mikhail Galaktionov will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Lokomotiv Moscow have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same clashes.

Their prior results show that Lokomotiv Moscow:

• have left without a victory over Spartak Moscow when they've played them away from home in the last 5 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 11/04/2021, there has been little between the sides with Spartak Moscow winning 2 of those games, Lokomotiv Moscow 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A combined total of 11 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Narodnaya komanda and 6 coming from Loko. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 14 on 05/11/2023 and the score finished Lokomotiv Moscow 1-1 Spartak Moscow.

In that match, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 48% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Artyom Dzyuba (63').

For their opponents, Spartak Moscow got 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Anton Zinkovskiy (53') scored.

The match was refereed by Pavel Kukuyan.

📰 Team News: Spartak Moscow

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Spartak Moscow boss to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Victor Moses (unknown injury) is sidelined. Alexis Duarte is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It seems likely that Narodnaya komanda will probably use the 3-4-2-1 system for the game, utilising Aleksandr Maksimenko, Leon Klassen, Nikita Chernov, Srdjan Babic, Daniil Denisov, Danil Prutsev, C. Martins Pereira, Daniil Khlusevich, Manfred Ugalde, Jesús Medina and Aleksandr Sobolev.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow boss Mikhail Galaktionov has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Guilherme (unknown injury) and Lucas Fasson (Muscle injury) won’t be making appearances. Dmitriy Barinov is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

It’s our belief that Loko could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Ilya Lantratov, Maksim Nenakhov, Gerzino Nyamsi, Aleksandr Silyanov, Mario Mitaj, Artem Karpukas, Dmitri Barinov, Ilya Samoshnikov, Anton Miranchuk, Sergey Pinyaev and Maksim Glushenkov.

🧠 Prediction

Lokomotiv Moscow have enough to get a goal against this Spartak Moscow outfit, but it realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We are anticipating a 2-1 advantage for Spartak Moscow at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.

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

Victor Martins, 13:03 28/04/2024