Rubin Kazan vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Russia – Premier League
Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Kick-off at 18:00 UK/ 19:00 CET
Venue: Ak Bars Arena.
Team News
Former Russian international Oleg Shatov joined from FC Zenit FC Rubin last week, but will lose here because of a recent injury.
Serbia forward Djordje Despotovic and defender of Russia Mikhail Merkulov also has joined the club.
Denis Makarov has recovered from a persistent injury and is a doubt here.
Lokomotiv Moscow FC Zenit lost 2-1 last Friday and lost the chance to win their fourth Russian Super Cup in their history.
Portuguese forward Eder injured in the Super Cup match and is a doubt for the visit to Kazan.
Anton Miranchuk suspended and will not feature here.
Vitaly Lytsov, Slobodan Rajkovic and Jasurbek Jaloliddinov have all joined the club for the new season.
Head to head
A review they clash head-to-head past stretching back to 09/08/2017 show that Rubin Kazan have won 0 out of this game and Lokomotiv Moscow 3, with an interesting calculation to 3.
A total combination of 11 goals scored between them in this period, with 2 of Tatáry and 9 for Loko. It is the goal of an average of 1.83 per match.
The last league meeting is to show two Premier League match-day 24 on 27/06/2020 when the final score is 0-2 Lokomotiv Moscow Rubin Kazan.
The referee was Nikolay Voloshin.
Rubin Kazan vs Lokomotiv Moscow: Predictions
The steam locomotives are unbeaten so far this year, if their only loss against Zenit ignored. They have also finished second in the table just behind rival, and has a five-point lead over third-placed Krasnodar.
On the other hand, their counterparts are winless in their last four games overall, and most importantly, they have a total of five victories at home last season.
Happen, they always lose with this opponent in h2h meetings. In fact, they had just lost 0-2 to them back in, and been unbeaten against them in this land since 2016.
In addition, they have managed to score a total of one goal in the last seven as the match-up, and have not scored a single goal in three matches as the past here.
Taking into account these observations, expect a winning performance from Lokomotiv Moscow on Tuesday.
Rubin Kazan vs Lokomotiv Moscow: Betting Tips
Draw No Bet: Lokomotiv Moscow @ 1.60 (3/5)
Lokomotiv Moscow to Win Either Half @ 1.75 (3/4).
