Lokomotiv is surging up the table, with hopes for the Champions League next season. The team now sits second in the standings and might join the title race. After a stunning Cup victory over CSKA, the team is heading off to Saransk to play with the hopeless Tambov. The outsider did not score a single point in 2021. If there was at least some motivation in the first matches of the season, now Tambov looks worse and worse. The team lost to Tula Arsenal - 0: 4, scoring only one goal in the following six fixtures. It is very likely that Lokomotiv will not waste energy and will try to take a comfortable victory with a 1-2 goals margin. Tambov is very unlikely to score even one goal. With Lokomotiv desperate to avoid mistakes, we predict a low-scoring game with a comfortable victory for the team from Moscow.