📏 Form Guide

FC Rostov

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FC Rostov fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-1 Premier League success versus Fakel Voronezh.

In that game, FC Rostov had 59% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Rostov was Ronaldo (83'). Fakel Voronezh got 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Their most recent results highlight the fact that not much more can be done by the FC Rostov rearguard. FC Rostov have been miserly, seeing the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their previous 6 clashes standing at 4. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that FC Rostov:

• haven't won against Spartak Moscow in their previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 8 home league matches. It's been impressive.

Spartak Moscow

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Sochi in Premier League competition, Spartak Moscow will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Spartak Moscow managed 52% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Sochi had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Yahia Attiat-Allah (76') scored for Sochi.

A run of reliable displays from the Spartak Moscow defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, their own forwards have managed to score 5.

Coming into this contest, Spartak Moscow haven't won against FC Rostov in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 04/04/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with FC Rostov winning 2 of those games, Spartak Moscow 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Premier League match day 15 on 12/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Spartak Moscow 2-1 FC Rostov.

On that day, Spartak Moscow managed 53% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Mikhail Ignatov (4') and Quincy Promes (15').

At the other end, FC Rostov had 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Maksim Osipenko (81') scored.

The match was refereed by Kirill Levnikov.

📋 Team News: FC Rostov

The FC Rostov boss Valery Karpin has no fitness worries at all coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

In all likelihood, FC Rostov will possibly use the 4-3-3 system in the match, utilising Sergey Pesyakov, Ilya Vakhania, Viktor Melekhin, Maksim Osipenko, Evgeniy Chernov, Daniil Utkin, Kirill Shchetinin, Danil Glebov, Ronaldo Soares, Egor Golenkov and Khoren Bayramyan.

📰 Team News: Spartak Moscow

Spartak Moscow boss Guillermo Abascal has multiple availability issues to deal with. Victor Moses (unknown injury), Roman Zobnin (Muscle injury) and Aleksandr Selikhov (Ill) are those who can’t be considered.

There’s a good chance that Narodnaya komanda might make use of a 4-4-2 formation with a starting lineup of Aleksandr Maksimenko, Tomás Tavares, Alexis Duarte, Nikita Chernov, Daniil Khlusevich, Theo Bongonda, Danil Prutsev, Nail Umyarov, Anton Zinkovskiy, Aleksandr Sobolev and Manfred Ugalde.

🔮 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Spartak Moscow and FC Rostov could both find goals hard to come by here.

We’ll have to see, but a draw might be on the cards. We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 0-0 score at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 21/04/2024