This could be quite the action-packed clash at VEB Arena in the Premier League. CSKA Moskva is in 5th position and welcome Sochi in 11th place. Learn more about the match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sochi have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
CSKA Moskva have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 15 matches.
The CSKA Moskva regulars got no joy from their last match, a Russian Cup duel also played here at VEB Arena: A 0-2 defeat against Fakel.
Ahead of that match, Moskva won a home game hosting Lokomotiv Moskva (4-1).Early season league goal statistics from CSKA Moskva's 1 home game: {4 goals}, 1 conceded.
Sochi form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Sochi had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 3, drew 1 and lost 11.
Two away games in a row for Sochi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Orenburg in the Russian Cup.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Akhmat Grozny.{0 goals} so far away for Sochi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Moskva, one draw and four wins for Sochi. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Chalov 4 goals | M. Mukhin 2 goals |  M. Gajić 1 goals |
CSKA Moskva missing players
Sochi missing players
| CSKA Moskva | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7 | 3.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 13.3 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12.3 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15 | 10.7 |
| 3.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.7 |
| CSKA Moskva | Last season | Sochi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 56 | 38 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 36 | 54 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 63% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 13% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 47% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 37% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 15.1 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ural | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Zenit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Rostov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sochi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Baltika | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Olimpiyets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 54 | 70 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 29 | 58 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 54 |
| 4 | Rostov | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 53 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 48 |
| 7 | Orenburg | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 55 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 45 |
| 9 | Dinamo Moskva | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 45 |
| 10 | Sochi | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 36 | -17 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -12 | 36 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | Fakel | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | Olimpiyets | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 30 |
| 15 | Khimki | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 42 | -42 | 18 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | -39 | 13 |
