Soccer betting preview: Ural welcomes Lokomotiv Moskva in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekaterinburg Arena (35061 seats)

Ural will plan to use their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The host team are currently 3 points behind Lokomotiv Moskva.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Lokomotiv Moskva when visiting Ural as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Ural nor Lokomotiv Moskva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ural form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Ural are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Ural's previous match was a Russian Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-0 vs Rubin Kazan. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

Before that, Ural played out a Premier League draw 2-2 when visiting Rostov.

From these home matches, Ural have conceded only 4 goals.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Lokomotiv love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

The fans enjoyed Lokomotiv Moskva's previous match versus Rostov, a Russian Cup win (3-1) played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Olimpiyets in the Premier League.

The travelling fans enjoy Lokomotiv Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Lokomotiv in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ural-Lokomotiv Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ural three wins, Lokomotiv Moskva four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Lokomotiv MoskvaN. Tiknizyan
N. Tiknizyan
4 goals
UralA. Egorychev
A. Egorychev
3 goals
UralD. Miškić
D. Miškić
2 goals

Ural missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Ural Lokomotiv Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
4 2 1 Won W 0 3 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
10 5 2 Scored S 0 9 16
12 4 1 Conceded C 0 7 14
80% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
40% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 50%
30% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 30%
30% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 70%
40% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
50% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.5 6.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 5.5
5.3 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.2 4.9
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 15.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.8 11.3
3.9 4.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 3.9
26% 21% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 39% 41%
 
11.6 8.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.6 14.5
4.2 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (6) in Premier League
  • Lokomotiv 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 Krasnodar 10 7 3 0 16 3 5 4 1 0 8 1 5 3 2 0 8 2 13 24
2 Krylya Sovetov 10 6 3 1 25 12 6 5 1 0 19 6 4 1 2 1 6 6 13 21
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 10 5 3 2 16 14 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 3 1 1 9 7 2 18
4 Zenit 10 5 2 3 20 11 4 2 0 2 9 5 6 3 2 1 11 6 9 17
5 CSKA Moskva 10 4 4 2 20 15 5 3 2 0 11 5 5 1 2 2 9 10 5 16
6 Dinamo Moskva 10 4 4 2 17 15 4 2 1 1 6 5 6 2 3 1 11 10 2 16
7 Spartak Moskva 10 5 1 4 14 16 6 4 1 1 8 6 4 1 0 3 6 10 -2 16
8 Ural 10 4 3 3 10 12 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 5 8 -2 15
9 Olimpiyets 10 4 2 4 9 9 5 4 0 1 8 4 5 0 2 3 1 5 0 14
10 Akhmat Grozny 10 3 3 4 12 11 5 1 2 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 3 4 1 12
11 Orenburg 10 3 2 5 13 17 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 1 1 3 6 11 -4 11
12 Rostov 10 2 4 4 15 21 6 2 3 1 12 9 4 0 1 3 3 12 -6 10
13 Rubin Kazan 10 2 3 5 10 20 6 1 2 3 6 13 4 1 1 2 4 7 -10 9
14 Fakel 10 2 2 6 7 14 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 1 4 2 9 -7 8
15 Baltika 10 2 1 7 9 16 4 2 1 1 5 4 6 0 0 6 4 12 -7 7
16 Sochi 10 2 0 8 9 16 4 2 0 2 7 3 6 0 0 6 2 13 -7 6

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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.