About Match
Chelyabinsk (15th, 7 pts) visit Torpedo Moskva (3rd, 19 pts) with 12 points between them. In league terms the two rates read 2.11/0.67 for Torpedo Moskva and 1/1.78 for Chelyabinsk (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.34. Three points here take Torpedo Moskva to 22 and up to 2nd, assuming other results stand.
Torpedo Moskva enter with four wins in a row. Chelyabinsk have not won in 5 games. From the last five rounds, Torpedo Moskva hold 12 points of 15 and Chelyabinsk 1.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Torpedo Moskva, 1 for Chelyabinsk and 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue is Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova in Moskva, with room for 81,000 spectators.