In the early match of Saturday's program of the 8th round of the Russian Premier League, Orenburg will play at home with Lokomotiv Moscow. Your attention is drawn to the forecast for this meeting.
Orenburg
Orenburg are located right above the transition zone in 12th place in the standings. At the same time, they are only 2 points away from even the worst team in the league. Last month began for them with a crushing away defeat against CSKA Moscow (1:5). After that, the Gazoviki drew at home with Akron (2:2) and Dynamo Moscow (2:2) in the last four rounds, losing between them on the road to Rostov (2:3) and Fakel (0:1).
"Locomotive"
Lokomotiv is in third place in the RPL standings, 2 points behind the leading Zenit. In the last two away matches of the championship, he defeated Akhmat (5-0) and CSKA (1-0) dryly, between them coping with Dynamo Makhachkala (2-0). Before a two-week break in the championship, Mikhail Galaktionov's team defeated Rostov (3:2) in their native walls and lost to Krasnodar (0:3).
Statistics and figures
- Orenburg has a 9-match winless streak (3 draws + 6 defeats);
- In five of the last seven matches of Orenburg, there was a bet that Both teams would score + Total more than 3.5 goals";
- Orenburg has a 5-match winless streak at home (3 draws + 2 defeats);
- In the last eight face–to-face matches, there was not a single draw - 2 Orenburg wins and 8 Lokomotiv wins;
- In three of the last five full-time matches of Orenburg with Lokomotiv, the bet was "Both teams will score + Total more than 4.5 goals";
- Lokomotiv has won 7 matches out of the last eight, losing only once;
- In four of the last five matches of Lokomotiv, the Total bet was more than 2.5 goals;
- Lokomotiv has won 6 of the last eight away matches, losing twice.
Forecast
A week ago, the railwaymen held a warm-up match in order not to lose their tone, defeating the Belarusian Torpedo-BelAZ. It will certainly be difficult for Lokomotiv in the Rostocks, but Orenburg has been missing too much lately, so there are still good chances of winning.
