It's only fixture two of the Premier League for these contenders. And fresh optimism here at Stadion FK Krasnodar as Krasnodar receive Sochi. Get smart with this preview!
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.
Krasnodar form and stats
In the previous season, Krasnodar's league results were 13 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, providing 6th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored {62 goals} and conceded 46. Performing at home in the previous season Krasnodar generated 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 18 conceded.
The Krasnodar followers got no joy from their last match, a Russian Cup duel also played here at Stadion FK Krasnodar: A 1-2 defeat against Spartak Moskva.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Dinamo Moskva with a 3-1 scoreline.Sochi form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sochi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 11/36 goals scored/conceded.
Two away games in a row for Sochi, whose coach Khokhlov could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Fakel.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Baltika in the Premier League.Head 2 Head
Krasnodar have won every one of the 4 most recent games versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Fortes Bachiessa 1 goals | A. Chernikov 1 goals |  J. Córdoba Copete 1 goals |
Krasnodar missing players
Sochi missing players
| Krasnodar | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Krasnodar | Last season | Sochi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 62 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Conceded | C | 36 | 54 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 63% | ||
| 60% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 47% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 37% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 5 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| 13.7 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 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 | Krasnodar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sochi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zenit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Rostov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ural | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Orenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Fakel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | CSKA Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dinamo Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Baltika | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Olimpiyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | 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 |
