Fakel Host Lokomotiv at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov

Fakel's home record reads 7-9-4 (W-D-L) over the last 20 games, a run that carries a middling home record into this one. Goals have flowed too — 40% of those home matches finished above 2.5. Most recently home, they drew with Baltika by 2-2.

Lokomotiv shows a genuinely mixed away record coming into this fixture, a away sample of 20 games returning 6 wins against 11 losses. Scoring has been high lately, with 60% of away matches going over 2.5 goals. Their latest away result: a 1-2 loss versus Zenit.

Lokomotiv has had the better of this rivalry lately, winning 5 of the last 6 games to Fakel's 1, with 0 finishing level. Goals have flowed in this fixture — 33% of recent meetings went over 2.5. Last time these two met, in the Premier League, it finished Fakel 0-1 Lokomotiv.