About Match
Lokomotiv Moskva go into the game 13th in the table on 6 points; Rubin Kazan sit 8th on 11 — a 5-point gap. Per game in the league, Lokomotiv Moskva score 0.88 and conceding 1.25, Rubin Kazan 1.38 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. A win would lift Lokomotiv Moskva to 9 points and up to 11th (other results unchanged).
Three consecutive draws precede this one for Rubin Kazan, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Lokomotiv Moskva, 5 draws and 2 for Rubin Kazan, at 1.79 goals per meeting.
The venue is RZD Arena in Moskva, with room for 28,800 spectators.