Premier League fixture lowdown: CSKA Moskva vs Sochi

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: VEB Arena (30457 seats)

League round two of the Premier League season and the sides have done their adjustments after the first game. Here's the ultimate CSKA Moskva - Sochi pre-match guide:

Sochi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

The season before, CSKA Moskva's league statistics were 15 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 4th position in the Premier League. In these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 29. Performing at their own stadium in the last season CSKA Moskva generated 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 9 conceded. The hosts won their first Premier League game here at VEB Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for CSKA Moskva last season were 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.

CSKA Moskva are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Moskva's last game was hosting Ural (placed 16th) and winning 2-0. The attacker Carrascal was announced as "man of the match" for CSKA Moskva with the rating of 9.11/10. Carrascal scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that, CSKA Moskva had a home game versus Rostov which ended with a victory 4-0.

CSKA Moskva has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sochi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sochi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 25/14 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Sochi and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 victories, 2 draws and 4 losses from 15 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Sochi, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Torpedo Moskva (placed 15th) last time out. Tsallagov got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Tsallagov scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 64 total).

Prior to that result Sochi won their away game at Dinamo Moskva. The scoreline was 5-1.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sochi has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

CSKA Moskva-Sochi H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: CSKA Moskva three wins, Sochi three wins, two draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CSKA MoskvaI. Oblyakov
I. Oblyakov
1 goals
CSKA MoskvaJ. Carrascal Guardo
J. Carrascal Guardo
1 goals
SochiI. Tsallagov
I. Tsallagov
1 goals

CSKA Moskva missing players

Sochi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CSKA Moskva Sochi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 3 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
30 30 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13
8 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 60%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
CSKA Moskva Last season Sochi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 9   Won W   9 17
5 3   Drew D   2 5
10 3   Lost L   4 8
42 24   Scored S   25 54
29 9   Conceded C   14 30
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
60% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 73%
37% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 63%
27% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 27%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 20%
37% 27%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
43% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
27% 27%   Failed to Score F T   27% 23%
 
5.5 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
4.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.3
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.3
3 3   Red cards R C   1 5
 
14 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14.3
5.1 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.7
27% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 38%
 
12.5 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 12.3
3.6 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
2 Sochi 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Fakel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Krasnodar 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Olimpiyets 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Khimki 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rostov 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Zenit 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Torpedo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 19 8 3 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
2 Sochi 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Fakel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Krasnodar 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Olimpiyets 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Khimki 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Rostov 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Zenit 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Torpedo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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