📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Moscow

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Lokomotiv Moscow will be looking for another win after the 2-4 Premier League success against Sochi.

In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 51% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. For Lokomotiv Moscow, the goalscorers were Aleksey Batrakov (7'), Aleksandr Rudenko (29', 34') and Dmitriy Vorobyev (68'). On the other side, Sochi had 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Martin Kramarič (25') and François Kamano (88') scored for Sochi.

It has been seldom in recent times where Lokomotiv Moscow have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Lokomotiv Moscow have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals in the process.

Going into this one, Lokomotiv Moscow are undefeated in their previous 14 league matches at home. What a fortress they have created.

Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod head into the clash after a 0-1 Premier League win to beat Dinamo Makhachkala in their most recent outing.

In that game, Nizhny Novgorod managed 43% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nizhny Novgorod was Juan Manuel Boselli (37'). Dynamo Makhachkala had 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Nizhny Novgorod, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game within that period works out to just 1.33, with the average goals for Nizhny Novgorod standing at 0.5. We will see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Ahead of this meeting, Nizhny Novgorod have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 01/04/2023 tells us that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Nizhny Novgorod. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Lokomotiv Moscow have just been stronger than them, winning in 100 per cent of those matches played.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league contest featuring the two was Premier League match day 3 on 02/08/2025 when it finished Nizhny Novgorod 2-3 Lokomotiv Moscow.

In that match, Nizhny Novgorod managed 55% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The scorers were Vyacheslav Grulev (60') and Thiago Vecino (71').

Lokomotiv Moscow got 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. Dmitriy Vorobyev (29'), Aleksey Batrakov (59') and Sergey Pinyaev (62') scored.

The match was refereed by Yan Bobrovskiy.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow

In all likelihood, Loko should employ a 4-3-3 formation this time and select Anton Mitryushkin, Aleksandr Silyanov, Gerzino Nyamsi, Cesar Montes, Lucas Fasson, Danil Prutsev, Artem Karpukas, Artem Timofeev, Aleksandr Rudenko, Nikolay Komlichenko and Aleksey Batrakov.

🗞️ Team News: Nizhny Novgorod

We reckon that Nizhny Novgorod could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Nikita Medvedev, Maksim Shnaptsev, Edgardo Farina, Sven Karic, Yuriy Koledin, Nikita Ermakov, Alex Opoku Sarfo, Luka Vesner Ticic, Renaldo Cephas, Vyacheslav Grulev and Olakunle Olusegun.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Lokomotiv Moscow should really score at least once when they come up against Nizhny Novgorod, who will not find it easy to get a goal of their own.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for Lokomotiv Moscow at the conclusion of the game.

Andre Moura, 04:04 24/02/2026