Preview

• Lokomotiv Moscow welcome Spartak Moscow on 2025-08-09 at 16:00 GMT in week 4 of the 2025-2026 Premier League at RZD Arena.
• In the past 2 games, M. Galaktionov recorded 1 victory against D. Stanković, who recorded 1 victory, with no draws.
• With 9 points, Lokomotiv Moscow sit 1st, while Spartak Moscow have 4 points to occupy 11th.
• Neither Lokomotiv Moscow nor Spartak Moscow are missing any players.
• We're predicting Lokomotiv Moscow to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Spartak Moscow are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
• The previous match saw N. Tiknizyan lead Lokomotiv Moscow with a 7.2 TheyScored rating, and P. Solari top-rating for Spartak Moscow at 7.9.
• Lokomotiv Moscow secured a win (3-2 vs Nizhny Novgorod), while Spartak Moscow had to settle for a draw (1-1 vs Akron).
• Lokomotiv Moscow (3-0-2) and Spartak Moscow (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
• Spartak Moscow hold the upper hand H2H: of 44 meetings, they've triumphed 19 times, conceded 13 times and shared 12 draws.
• Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Spartak Moscow to win 2-1, despite Lokomotiv Moscow's 1-0-0 home form - Spartak Moscow's strong 0-1-0 record away with 0.50 goals/game does the trick.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

09/08/2025 15:00

RZD Arena

N/A

Premier League

Team Kits

Events

10'		Penalty cancelled	Gedson Fernandes - VAR
13'	D. Vorobyev
18'	A. Batrakov	1 - 0
26'		1 - 1	C. Martins Marquinhos
29'	C. Montes
HT 1 - 1
49'	E. Morozov D. Vorobyev	2 - 1
57'			I. Dmitriev Marquinhos
65'	C. Ramirez A. Rudenko
70'			M. Ugalde L. Garcia
70'			A. Zabolotnyi C. Martins
76'		Penalty confirmed	Igor Dmitriev - VAR
78'		2 - 2	E. Barco (PEN)
79'	Z. Bakaev A. Batrakov	3 - 2
79'	N. Komlichenko D. Vorobyev
82'	Z. Bakaev
86'	Z. Bakaev A. Batrakov	4 - 2
89'	D. Godyaev Z. Bakaev
90+1'			N. Massalyga P. Solari

Stats

Lineups

H2H

Standings