Khimki will hope that their home advantage is enough to get at least a point from this demanding encounter, against vibrant Sochi.
- Khimki have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Premier League
- Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Khimki form and stats
Khimki's struggle is real here at Arena Khimki with only 9 points collected from 10 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-3. It's trouble wherever Khimki are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The club members are hoping that Khimki will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 6th). The versatile forward Zé bettered all the other footballers in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.35 out of 10. Zé scored two goals.
Before that game, the home loss against Dinamo Moskva with the scoreline 0-3.14 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Khimki hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FK Nizjni Novgorod, Rostov, Ufa, Arsenal Tula and Ural), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Sochi form and stats
5-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sochi in their Premier League matches away.
The Sochi goalkeeper Denis Adamov is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 308 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Sochi, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Rostov (placed 14th) last time out. Noboa got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, top player of the team. Noboa scored one goal and hit three key passes.
The visiting Sochi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Sochi have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged match involving both these teams is the Sochi - Khimki 3-0 played earlier this season. Khimki-Sochi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Khimki two wins, Sochi five wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 8 goals |   D. Glushakov 7 goals |  C. Noboa Tello 6 goals |
Khimki missing players
Sochi missing players
| Khimki | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 37 | 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 80% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 60% | 65% |
| 35% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 25% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 25% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.7 | 12.4 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.9 | 14.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 24% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | 36% |
| 15.1 | 15.1 | 18.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.1 | 13 |
| 6.7 | 7.2 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Khimki have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
- Khimki have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier League
- Khimki have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Premier League
- Sochi 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 | Zenit | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Sochi | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 20 |
| 13 | Ural | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -19 | 14 |
