Premier League preview and statistics: CSKA Moskva - Sochi at VEB Arena

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: VEB Arena (30000 seats)

It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the CSKA Moskva - Sochi preview!

It's no vacation for neither CSKA Moskva nor Sochi 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.

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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CSKA Moskva form and stats

CSKA Moskva have collected seven points from their first three games here at VEB Arena, a promising start.

CSKA Moskva drew their last game, also a home match. Sochi was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Rubin Kazan' and winning 1-0.

CSKA Moskva are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W6-D3-L1.

CSKA Moskva has scored 3 goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, CSKA Moskva have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Sochi form and stats

The season is young and Sochi have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Sochi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at CSKA Moskva. A draw for Sochi before that, at their own venue hosting Ufa (0-0).

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sochi played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 1 time.

Sochi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games. As opposed to that, Sochi have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Moskva and Sochi have met before this season: CSKA Moskva - Sochi 0-0. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 1 - 0 (CSKA Moskva wins - draws - Sochi wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Barsov
19 goals
F. Chalov
15 goals / 7 assists
E. Pesegov
10 goals

CSKA Moskva missing players

Sochi missing players

CSKA Moskva Sochi
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
5 3 1 Played 1 3 5
3 2 1 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost 1 2 3
4 3 2 Scored 0 0 0
3 1 1 Conceded 3 4 6
80% 67% 100% Over 0.5 100% 67% 60%
40% 33% 100% Over 1.5 100% 33% 40%
20% 33% 100% Over 2.5 100% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 33% 100% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
60% 67% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 40%
40% 33% 0% Failed To Score 100% 100% 100%
 
7.6 8.7 9 Corners For (avg) 6 4.7 4.8
2.2 2.3 2 Corners Against (avg) 7 8 6
2.8 2.7 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have not yet lost a game at home.
  • CSKA Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Sochi.
  • CSKA Moskva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sochi have failed to score a single goal.
  • Sochi have yet to win a game.
CSKA Moskva Last season Sochi
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   19 38
14 8   Won   9 19
9 3   Drew   7 12
7 4   Lost   3 7
46 31   Scored   33 63
23 13   Conceded   16 34
90% 100%   Over 0.5   89% 89%
73% 80%   Over 1.5   74% 71%
37% 60%   Over 2.5   47% 42%
20% 33%   Over 3.5   21% 26%
7% 13%   Over 4.5   11% 16%
33% 40%   BTTS   53% 50%
53% 47%   Clean Sheets   42% 37%
23% 13%   Failed To Score   16% 24%
 
4.8 5   Corners For (avg)   5.4 6.2
3 3.3   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.2
2.1 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 2.2
4 1   Red Cards   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

CSKA Moskva
All Champions League Russian Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-07-19 PL Krylya Sovetov 2 - 0 CSKA Moskva
20-07-19 PL CSKA Moskva 2 - 1 Orenburg
28-07-19 PL CSKA Moskva 1 - 0 Lokomotiv Moskva
04-08-19 PL Rubin Kazan' 0 - 1 CSKA Moskva
11-08-19 PL CSKA Moskva 0 - 0 Sochi
19-08-19 PL Spartak Moskva 17:00 CSKA Moskva
25-08-19 PL CSKA Moskva 13:30 Akhmat Grozny
01-09-19 PL Arsenal Tula 13:30 CSKA Moskva
15-09-19 PL Tambov - CSKA Moskva
22-09-19 PL CSKA Moskva - Krasnodar
Sochi
All FNL Russian Cup Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-07-19 PL Spartak Moskva 1 - 0 Sochi
21-07-19 PL Sochi 0 - 2 Zenit
27-07-19 PL Krasnodar 3 - 0 Sochi
04-08-19 PL Sochi 0 - 0 Ufa
11-08-19 PL CSKA Moskva 0 - 0 Sochi
16-08-19 PL Orenburg 17:00 Sochi
26-08-19 PL Ural 15:00 Sochi
31-08-19 PL Rubin Kazan' 11:00 Sochi
15-09-19 PL Sochi - Lokomotiv Moskva
22-09-19 PL Dinamo Moskva - Sochi

  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 Zenit 5 4 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 7 13
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 5 3 1 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 10
3 Krasnodar 5 3 1 1 8 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10
4 Arsenal Tula 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 10
5 CSKA Moskva 5 3 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 10
6 Rostov 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 8
7 Rubin Kazan' 5 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 7
8 Ural 5 2 1 2 8 10 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 6 -2 7
9 Akhmat Grozny 4 2 0 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 6
10 Dinamo Moskva 5 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 5
11 Spartak Moskva 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 5
12 Tambov 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 -1 4
13 Ufa 5 1 1 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 4
14 Krylya Sovetov 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Sochi 5 0 2 3 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 -6 2
16 Orenburg 5 0 1 4 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 -5 1

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