Match preview FNL: Mordovia Saransk - Sochi at Mordovia Arena

Competition: Russia FNL
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mordovia Arena (44442 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Mordovia Saransk have their presumed home advantage while Sochi are ahead in the FNL table with their 10 point advantage.

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. Sochi has a very far travel for this match, with a distance of 1245 kilometers (in air distance) between the venues.

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Mordovia Saransk form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season, with Mordovia Saransk only managing 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses so far from their games here at Mordovia Arena.

In their previous game, the manager M. Mustafin led his Mordovia Saransk to a defeat in the FNL match away at Tom' Tomsk. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Mordovia Arena. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Luch Vladivostok that ended 0-0.

Mordovia Saransk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 14 matches. Mordovia Saransk have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Sochi form and stats

Playing away, Sochi have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

The supporters enjoyed Sochi's previous game versus SKA Khabarovsk (placed 9th), a FNL 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Sochi won their away game at Krasnodar II. The scoreline was 2-0.

Sochi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 24 goals from 13 games. Sochi have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sochi - Mordovia Saransk 0-2. Numbers for the last one meeting between these two teams are: 1 win for Mordovia Saransk, 0 draws and 0 wins for Sochi.

Top Goalscorers

M. Barsov
16 goals
Ruslan Mukhametshin
6 goals
I. Gorbunov
5 goals

Mordovia Saransk missing players

Sochi missing players

Mordovia Saransk Sochi
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 13 28
93% 93% Over 0.5 85% 89%
64% 64% Over 1.5 77% 71%
43% 50% Over 2.5 54% 43%
14% 21% Over 3.5 31% 32%
4% 7% Over 4.5 15% 21%
54% 57% Both teams to score 62% 50%
29% 21% Clean Sheet 31% 32%
25% 29% Failed To Score 23% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tambov 28 17 6 5 46 25 13 7 4 2 25 12 15 10 2 3 21 13 21 57
2 Tom' Tomsk 28 14 9 5 32 16 15 11 3 1 24 5 13 3 6 4 8 11 16 51
3 Sochi 28 13 9 6 48 28 15 8 3 4 24 15 13 5 6 2 24 13 20 48
4 Avangard Kursk 27 13 5 9 36 28 14 9 3 2 22 12 13 4 2 7 14 16 8 44
5 Shinnik 28 12 8 8 30 23 15 6 7 2 15 9 13 6 1 6 15 14 7 44
6 Olimpiyets 28 12 7 9 27 23 13 7 3 3 13 8 15 5 4 6 14 15 4 43
7 Chertanovo 28 12 6 10 49 41 15 7 4 4 28 19 13 5 2 6 21 22 8 42
8 Krasnodar II 27 10 10 7 35 34 14 5 4 5 17 19 13 5 6 2 18 15 1 40
9 SKA Khabarovsk 28 9 12 7 34 33 13 5 5 3 18 15 15 4 7 4 16 18 1 39
10 Mordovia Saransk 28 10 8 10 31 30 14 3 4 7 14 19 14 7 4 3 17 11 1 38
11 Luch Vladivostok 28 8 13 7 22 19 14 6 3 5 11 9 14 2 10 2 11 10 3 37
12 Spartak Moskva II 28 10 7 11 33 34 15 5 5 5 18 18 13 5 2 6 15 16 -1 37
13 Rotor Volgograd 28 8 12 8 24 27 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 2 7 5 10 16 -3 36
14 Khimki 28 9 9 10 34 41 14 5 6 3 21 17 14 4 3 7 13 24 -7 36
15 Fakel 28 8 8 12 30 31 14 5 6 3 18 11 14 3 2 9 12 20 -1 32
16 Baltika 28 8 8 12 31 42 13 6 2 5 15 16 15 2 6 7 16 26 -11 32
17 Armavir 28 6 10 12 25 39 13 2 7 4 15 19 15 4 3 8 10 20 -14 28
18 Tyumen 28 5 12 11 23 33 14 5 6 3 17 14 14 0 6 8 6 19 -10 27
19 Sibir 28 5 9 14 21 38 13 4 4 5 10 11 15 1 5 9 11 27 -17 24
20 Zenit II 28 3 6 19 16 42 14 2 3 9 9 20 14 1 3 10 7 22 -26 15

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