About Match
The table reads 2nd (Spartak Moskva, 16 pts) against 8th (Rubin Kazan, 11 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, Spartak Moskva score 1.88 and conceding 0.88, Rubin Kazan 1.38 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. Rubin Kazan would climb to 14 points with a win and up to 6th (other results held equal).
Three consecutive draws precede this one for Rubin Kazan, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Across 13 recorded meetings, Spartak Moskva have 7 wins to Rubin Kazan's 2, with 4 draws, at 2.23 goals per meeting.