Match Report
Lokomotiv Moskva went into the game 14th in the table on 3 points; Dinamo Moskva sat 6th on 10 — a 7-point gap. Per game in the league, Lokomotiv Moskva were scoring 0.83 and conceding 1.33, Dinamo Moskva 1.33 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Lokomotiv Moskva had gone 7 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 3/15 points for Lokomotiv Moskva, 9/15 for Dinamo Moskva.
14 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Lokomotiv Moskva 7, draws 2, Dinamo Moskva 5, at 3.36 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 64% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 71%. The last five meetings averaged 4.2 goals, well above the all-time 3.36.
The referee was I. Abrosimov, with 55 matches in our database and 1.9 yellows per game on average. RZD Arena, capacity 28,800, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Dinamo Moskva: Maksim Osipenko (73')
Key stats
Possession: Lokomotiv Moskva 51% · Dinamo Moskva 49% · Total shots: 8-12 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 1-2