About Match
Lokomotiv Moskva go into the game 13th in the table on 6 points; Orenburg sit 11th on 8 — a 2-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Lokomotiv Moskva 0.88 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Orenburg 0.88 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.39. Lokomotiv Moskva would climb to 9 points with a win and up to 11th, overtaking Orenburg (other results held equal).
Orenburg's winless run stands at 5.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Lokomotiv Moskva, 2 draws and 1 for Orenburg, at 2.91 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 27% of the wins in this fixture. Recent meetings have been cagier — 1.8 goals per game across the last five against 2.91 historically.
The match takes place at RZD Arena in Moskva (capacity 28,800).