Fakel vs Lokomotiv Premier League prediction & result
Final score: Fakel 0-5 Lokomotiv.
Before kick-off the model made it 32% Fakel, 30% draw, 38% Lokomotiv — fair odds of 3.13, 3.33 and 2.63.
Most likely scoreline: 0-1.
The model called the result correctly.
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Has the model earned this number?
Lokomotiv at 38%: of 4,756 settled 30–40% forecasts, 33.3% came in (average 33.7%). It can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 5 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Fakel vs Lokomotiv
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 35V. DorovskikhG
- 5A. GabaraevD
- 40ClaytonD
- 44Y. ZhuravlevD
- 55D. TodorovićM
- 97B. MagomedovM
- 23V. YakimovM
- 8A. BagamaevM
- 17A. KovalevF
- 7M. TurishchevF
- 11A. SutorminF
- 10I. AlshinM
- 22H. El MahasniD
- 1D. FrolkinG
- 9A. Gnapi DableF
- 90A. KoksharovF
- 27S. MagkeevD
- 52R. NetfullinM
- 96I. ObukhovG
- 19B. PusiF
- 1A. MitryushkinG
- 24M. NenakhovD
- 59E. PogostnovD
- 23C. MontesD
- 47D. GodyaevD
- 18N. TitkovM
- 6S. BabkinM
- 19A. RudenkoM
- 7Z. BakaevM
- 9S. PinyaevM
- 27N. KomlichenkoF
- 14G. DzhikiyaD
- 16D. VeselovG
- 88M. ShchetininM
- 11V. RakovF
- 5G. NyamsiD
- 99R. MyalkovskiyF
- 3Lucas FassonD
- 22I. LantratovG
- 8A. KovalenkoM
Form going into Fakel vs Lokomotiv
Fakel
All competitions we cover
- L0-1away to Spartak Moscow16 September 2026
- D2-2Baltika12 September 2026
- L1-3away to FC Rostov5 September 2026
- L0-1Zenit29 August 2026
- D0-0FC Orenburg22 August 2026
Lokomotiv
All competitions we cover
- D1-1Krylia Sovetov16 September 2026
- L1-2away to Zenit12 September 2026
- W1-0away to Baltika6 September 2026
- L0-1Dynamo29 August 2026
- L2-3away to CSKA Moscow22 August 2026
What these results say
- Fakel did not win any of these 5 matches.
- Fakel conceded in 4 of these 5 matches.
- Lokomotiv failed to win 4 of these 5 matches.
- Lokomotiv scored in 4 of these 5 matches.
- Lokomotiv conceded in 4 of these 5 matches.
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Russia Premier League table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fakel | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 6 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 11 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Fakel vs Lokomotiv
- 11 May 2025Fakel 0–1 LokomotivPremier League
- 9 November 2024Lokomotiv 2–1 FakelPremier League
- 18 May 2024Lokomotiv Moscow 2–0 Fakel VoronezhPremier League
- 30 July 2023Fakel Voronezh 1–4 Lokomotiv MoscowPremier League
- 20 May 2023Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 Fakel VoronezhPremier League
Leading scorers: Fakel and Lokomotiv
Fakel
No player in Premier League's leading scorers — 9 league goals as a side.
Lokomotiv
GoalsAssists
- N. Titkov31
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Lokomotiv won 5–0 at Fakel. The model had made a win for Lokomotiv its most likely outcome, at 38%, so the call held; the score it named was 1–0. The goals: Nikolay Titkov 25' for Lokomotiv, Nikolay Komlichenko 32' for Lokomotiv, César Montes 49' for Lokomotiv, Egor Pogostnov 64' for Lokomotiv, Nikolay Komlichenko 74' for Lokomotiv. On expected goals it finished 2.22–2.48.
What this result changed
Before kick-off the season simulation gave Fakel a 60.7% chance to finish in the bottom three: 51.6% after a win, 63.2% after a draw, 68.2% after a defeat. The defeat was the worst of those results for them, and left the figure at 68.2%, 7.5 points higher than before the match.
For Lokomotiv the question was the chance to finish in the bottom three, 16.5% going in: 10.3% after a win, 16.9% after a draw, 21.2% after a defeat. The win was the best of those results for them, and left the figure at 10.3%, 6.2 points lower than before the match.
Read from our Premier League season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.
Goal trends
Over 1.5 goals
Over 2.5 goals
Over 3.5 goals
Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent league matches before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.