In the first Saturday match, on September 14, 2024, the players of Orenburg and Lokomotiv Moscow will have to face off. Our sports portal has prepared a forecast and bets for the match of the eighth round of the Russian championship.
Orenburg
Orenburg has only one victory in the championship this season. The club drew twice in the last five rounds of the RPL and lost in three meetings, losing to CSKA with a score of 1:5, Rostov 2:3, and Fakel with a minimum score of 0:1. The team managed to score nine goals in the 2024/2025 season, but it has already conceded 13 goals to its own goal. With these statistical indicators, the team can be found on the 12th line in the standings after seven matches.
"Locomotive"
After four consecutive victories in the national championship, the Railwaymen lost heavily in the last RPL match at their own arena to Krasnodar with a score of 0:3 and immediately fell back from first place to third place in the standings. Lokomotiv has 15 points to its credit after seven matches played. The gap in points from Zenit St. Petersburg, from the first place, is two points. The indicator for goals scored and conceded in the 2024/2025 season turned out to be positive – 15:10.
Statistics and figures
- The teams played 12 matches against each other;
- Orenburg was stronger in two head-to-head matches, Lokomotiv achieved eight victories;
- The teams have drawn against each other twice;
- 12:26 – the number of goals scored in face-to-face matches in favor of Lokomotiv;
- In the last two face-to-face meetings, the victory was won by the Lokomotiv players, who outplayed the opponent with a score of 2:0 and 3:2.
Forecast
Most likely, Lokomotiv will achieve victory in the upcoming match, the total goals will be more than 2.5, and both clubs will score.