Can Sochi beat Spartak Moskva in Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht clash?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (47659 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sochi have their presumed home advantage while Spartak Moskva are ahead 11 points in the Premier League table.

Insights:
  • Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Spartak Moskva has the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Sochi form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Sochi have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 7 games.

Sochi's last game was hosting Akhmat Grozny (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Ural.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sochi, as the Premier League home game vs Dinamo Moskva is only four days away.

Sochi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht with 12 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Sochi have conceded 8 goals.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Spartak Moskva, who have the most points (17) away in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.

Spartak had fun at their own home (Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht) last time out, beating Tambov 5-1. Jordan Larsson (2), Ezequiel Ponce (2) and Samuel Gigot scored. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Rotor Volgograd.

As you can tell from the results above, Spartak Moskva was very dominant against Tambov, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Jordan Larsson (2), Ezequiel Ponce (2) and Samuel Gigot providing the goals.

Spartak Moskva has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Zenit in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Spartak has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Spartak in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Spartak Moskva - Sochi 2-2, played this season. Sochi-Spartak Moskva H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Sochi one win, Spartak Moskva three wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaJ. Larsson
J. Larsson
8 goals
Spartak MoskvaE. Ponce Martínez
E. Ponce Martínez
8 goals
SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
7 goals

Sochi missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

Sochi Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 8 17
7 4 1 Won W 2 5 10
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 5
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
25 14 4 Scored S 5 15 32
22 8 2 Conceded C 1 9 17
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
47% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
35% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 35%
18% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
71% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 65%
24% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 29%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.3 12.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 15.2 15.4
4.6 5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 5.3
32% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 36% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Spartak Moskva has the most points (17) away in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva has the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva has the most scored goals (15) away in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 17 10 5 2 37 13 8 7 0 1 27 8 9 3 5 1 10 5 24 35
2 Spartak Moskva 17 10 5 2 32 17 9 5 3 1 17 8 8 5 2 1 15 9 15 35
3 CSKA Moskva 17 10 3 4 30 14 9 5 2 2 19 10 8 5 1 2 11 4 16 33
4 Dinamo Moskva 17 9 3 5 23 16 9 7 1 1 15 3 8 2 2 4 8 13 7 30
5 Rostov 17 9 2 6 22 17 8 4 1 3 11 6 9 5 1 3 11 11 5 29
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 17 8 4 5 19 17 9 6 1 2 12 7 8 2 3 3 7 10 2 28
7 Akhmat Grozny 16 7 4 5 19 18 8 4 2 2 12 8 8 3 2 3 7 10 1 25
8 Krasnodar 17 7 3 7 29 19 8 5 2 1 21 8 9 2 1 6 8 11 10 24
9 Sochi 16 6 6 4 23 22 7 3 4 0 12 8 9 3 2 4 11 14 1 24
10 Rubin Kazan 17 7 3 7 23 25 9 3 3 3 11 11 8 4 0 4 12 14 -2 24
11 Ural 17 4 7 6 13 20 9 3 4 2 9 9 8 1 3 4 4 11 -7 19
12 Khimki 17 5 4 8 20 28 8 3 1 4 8 10 9 2 3 4 12 18 -8 19
13 Arsenal Tula 17 3 5 9 17 28 9 3 4 2 12 10 8 0 1 7 5 18 -11 14
14 Ufa 17 3 4 10 14 29 9 1 3 5 8 11 8 2 1 5 6 18 -15 13
15 Tambov 17 3 3 11 12 27 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 1 2 6 7 19 -15 12
16 Rotor Volgograd 17 1 5 11 7 30 8 0 1 7 2 14 9 1 4 4 5 16 -23 8

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.