Football match preview: Krasnodar vs Sochi

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Krasnodar (35074 seats)

A quick peek at the Premier League table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Check out our Krasnodar - Sochi match guide!

Insights:
  • Krasnodar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sochi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

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.

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Krasnodar form and stats

Krasnodar have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-1.

Krasnodar are returning here after visiting Khimki in a Russian Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Torpedo Moskva with a 4-1 scoreline.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.

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Sochi form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sochi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Two away matches in a row for Sochi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Ural in the Russian Cup.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Khimki in the Premier League.

Goal fest? This side have played 7 consecutive league fixtures all featuring three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

Sochi find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. For Sochi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Krasnodar-Sochi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Krasnodar three wins, Sochi four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

KrasnodarE. Spertsyan
E. Spertsyan
6 goals
SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
6 goals
KrasnodarA. Ionov
A. Ionov
2 goals

Krasnodar missing players

Sochi missing players

Krasnodar Sochi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 2 4 7
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 2 2 2
15 8 3 Scored S 0 5 13
8 6 0 Conceded C 6 9 12
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 43%
29% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 71%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 29%
 
3.7 3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 5.7
5.6 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 3
2.1 2.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2.5 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.6 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12 17.1
4.9 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 5.9
44% 42% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 32%
 
13.7 13.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.2 10.6
6.4 7.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Krasnodar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sochi's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Krasnodar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Krasnodar have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Krasnodar have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Krasnodar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sochi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sochi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 7 5 2 0 17 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 3 1 2 0 5 1 15 17
2 Spartak Moskva 7 5 1 1 18 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 5 3 1 1 11 4 13 16
3 CSKA Moskva 7 4 2 1 16 7 4 4 0 0 13 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 14
4 Krasnodar 7 4 2 1 15 8 4 2 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 14
5 Dinamo Moskva 7 3 4 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 7 5 7 13
6 Rostov 7 3 4 0 12 9 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 7 6 3 13
7 Sochi 7 4 1 2 13 12 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 1 1 2 5 9 1 13
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 7 2 3 2 12 13 4 1 3 0 9 5 3 1 0 2 3 8 -1 9
9 Krylya Sovetov 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 7 7 -2 9
10 Akhmat Grozny 7 2 2 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 8
11 Khimki 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 7
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 7 1 3 3 10 14 3 0 2 1 7 8 4 1 1 2 3 6 -4 6
13 Orenburg 7 2 0 5 9 17 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 0 0 4 3 13 -8 6
14 Fakel 7 0 4 3 9 16 3 0 2 1 4 7 4 0 2 2 5 9 -7 4
15 Torpedo Moskva 7 0 1 6 4 18 3 0 0 3 3 10 4 0 1 3 1 8 -14 1
16 Ural 7 0 1 6 1 15 4 0 0 4 1 10 3 0 1 2 0 5 -14 1

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.