About Match
16 points for Dinamo Moskva (4th), 3 for Fakel (16th): a 13-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Dinamo Moskva 1.38 scored and 1 conceded per game, Fakel 0.75 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.39. If Dinamo Moskva win, their total rises to 19 and up to 2nd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Momentum sits with Dinamo Moskva, winners of their last five. Fakel have gone 13 games without a win. Dinamo Moskva have banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Fakel, 3.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Dinamo Moskva wins, 2 for Fakel, 3 draws, at 1.86 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 29% of the wins in this fixture. These meetings skew tight — only 29% saw more than two goals.
VTB Arena (Moskva) in Moskva stages the fixture, a ground that holds 26,319.