📊 Form Guide
Spartak Moscow LDWWDW
Spartak Moscow will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-1 Premier League success versus Krylia Sovetov.
In that game, Spartak Moscow had 70% possession and 25 shots at goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for Spartak Moscow was Manfred Ugalde (52', 70'). On the other side, Krylia Sovetov Samara got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Vladimir Ignatenko (6') was the scorer for Krylia Sovetov.
Matches featuring Spartak Moscow have tended to be engaging affairs of late with high scoring expected. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 22 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of these being chalked up by Spartak Moscow. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see whether such a trend might continue on in this next game or not.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Spartak Moscow:
- are unbeaten in the league by Nizhny Novgorod in their previous 7 matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.
Nizhny Novgorod LWLLWL
After tasting defeat last time out to Terek Grozny in Premier League action, Nizhny Novgorod will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Nizhny Novgorod managed 49% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nizhny Novgorod was Juan Manuel Boselli (69'). For their opponents, Akhmat Grozny had 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ousmane Ndong (43') and Manuel Keliano (93') scored for Terek Grozny.
The numbers tell their own story, and Nizhny Novgorod have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in all. In defence, Nizhny Novgorod have been far from perfect.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Nizhny Novgorod:
- have not emerged victorious against Spartak Moscow in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
- have not won away from home in their last 12 matches in the league. What a terrible run of away results.
↔️ Head to head
Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 02/10/2022 reveals that these fixtures have been disappointments for Nizhny Novgorod. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever while Spartak Moscow have maintained the edge over them, winning in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.
A sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 from Narodnaya komanda and 1 belonging to Nizhny Novgorod. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 18 on 07/12/2024 when it finished Spartak Moscow 3-0 Nizhny Novgorod.
That day, Spartak Moscow had 73% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. The goalscorers were Théo Bongonda (53'), Manfred Ugalde (62') and Esequiel Barco (64').
On the other side, Nizhny Novgorod had 2 shots at goal with 0 on target.
The referee was Yevgeni Kukulyak.
📋 Team News: Spartak Moscow
There’s just the sole fitness concern for the Spartak Moscow boss Dejan Stanković to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Daniil Zorin (Muscle injury) will miss out.
We are thinking that Narodnaya komanda should employ a 3-4-3 system for this one featuring Aleksandr Maksimenko, Ruslan Litvinov, Alexander Djiku, Srdjan Babic, Pablo Solari, Gedson Fernandes, Christopher Martins, Igor Dmitriev, Esequiel Barco, Marquinhos and Manfred Ugalde.
📋 Team News: Nizhny Novgorod
We believe Nizhny Novgorod could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 formation, going with Nikita Medvedev, Maksim Shnaptsev, Nikita Kakkoev, Viktor Aleksandrov, Vadim Pigas, Luka Vesner Ticic, Mamadou Maiga, Egor Smelov, Daniil Lesovoy, Juan Manuel Boselli and Olakunle Olusegun.
✨ Prediction
In our view, Nizhny Novgorod are likely to break down this Spartak Moscow side, however that might not be enough to avoid defeat.
We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Spartak Moscow at the end of this one. Definitely a tough call.