📊 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Premier League success vs Fakel Voronezh.

In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 55% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Lokomotiv Moscow was Dmitriy Vorobyev (22'). For their opponents, Fakel Voronezh got 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Under three goals per match were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Lokomotiv Moscow have taken part. Breaking down the goal split in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 and Lokomotiv Moscow managed a tally of 7.

Pre-game facts show that Lokomotiv Moscow:

• have not been beaten in the league by CSKA Moscow in their previous 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 home league matches.

CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow will go into the clash following a 1-0 Premier League win with the defeat of FC Krasnodar in their most recent fixture.

In that game, CSKA Moscow had 47% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for CSKA Moscow was Saúl Guarirapa (69'). On the other side, Krasnodar got 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

A sequence of hard-working showings from the CSKA Moscow defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures combined. During the same period, their own forwards have managed to score 10. That sort of trend might not be sustained into this match, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that CSKA Moscow:

• remain unbeaten by Lokomotiv Moscow when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 11 league matches away from home. They really have been good on their travels.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 12/03/2022 tells us that Lokomotiv Moscow have won 1 of these games and CSKA Moscow 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 from Loko and 11 belonging to Armeytsy. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Premier League match day 5 on 18/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of CSKA Moscow 0-1 Lokomotiv Moscow.

That day, CSKA Moscow managed 55% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

On the other side, Lokomotiv Moscow had 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Nayair Tiknizyan (90') was the scorer.

The referee was Kirill Levnikov.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Moscow gaffer Mikhail Galaktionov to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Ilya Samoshnikov (Injury to the ankle) will miss out.

It looks as if Loko will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, beginning the first half with Anton Mitryushkin, Maksim Nenakhov, Cesar Montes, Egor Pogostnov, Lucas Fasson, Dmitri Barinov, Artem Karpukas, Vadim Rakov, Aleksey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev and Dmitri Vorobyev.

📋 Team News: CSKA Moscow

Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the CSKA Moscow boss Marko Nikolić to be concerned about. Rodrigo Villagra (Fitness) won’t be in action.

There’s a good chance that Armeytsy seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Igor Akinfeev, Milan Gajic, D. Abdulkadyrov, Willyan Rocha, Danil Krugovoy, Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak, Miralem Pjanic, Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Kirill Glebov and Tamerlan Musaev.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow could both find goals hard to come by here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 22:01 17/05/2025