Krasnodar vs Ufa preview: Away side face a demanding job at Stadion FK Krasnodar

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Krasnodar (35074 seats)

Krasnodar anticipate the arrival of Ufa with belief in landing all three points. Will they? Read our match guide!

Insights:
  • Krasnodar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Ufa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ufa, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.

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Krasnodar form and stats

Krasnodar have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion FK Krasnodar after three straight home wins.

Krasnodar are confident in defense, having played 331 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Krasnodar drew their last game, 0-0 away at CSKA Moskva (placed 5th). Krasnodar's goalie Matvey Safonov played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against CSKA Moskva with a stunning nine saves. The goalie Matvey Safonov was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.24 out of ten. Safonov stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Krasnodar had a home game versus Sochi which ended with a victory 3-0.

Goals decide football matches and Krasnodar are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Krasnodar have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ufa form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ufa have lost on their last two travels.

The attacking players of Ufa have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 188 minutes.

The manager A. Stukalov was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Stadion Neftyanik. Ufa suffered a 0-1 loss to Ural (placed 14th). Defender Aleksey Nikitin was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Nikitin won 9 of 11 duels.

A 0-2 defeat away at Spartak Moskva before that.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Ufa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Krasnodar, three draws and one win for Ufa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

UfaG. Agalarov
G. Agalarov
8 goals
KrasnodarJ. Córdoba Copete
J. Córdoba Copete
5 goals
KrasnodarR. Cabella
R. Cabella
3 goals

Krasnodar missing players

Ufa missing players

Krasnodar Ufa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 2 4 10
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 1 Lost L 2 3 6
17 8 3 Scored S 1 3 11
9 3 3 Conceded C 4 7 17
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 80%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
20% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 30%
20% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 70%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 30%
 
6.3 6.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.2 4.5
4.1 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.2 5.9
2.6 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
17.7 18 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.2 13.6
5.4 7.8 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 4
31% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 23% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Krasnodar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ufa have scored away.
  • Krasnodar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Krasnodar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ufa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ufa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Ufa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • Ufa have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
  • Ufa 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 10 7 2 1 22 12 5 4 0 1 10 6 5 3 2 0 12 6 10 23
2 Dinamo Moskva 10 6 1 3 14 9 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 4 0 1 8 4 5 19
3 Sochi 10 6 0 4 14 10 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 3 0 3 6 8 4 18
4 Krasnodar 10 5 2 3 17 9 4 3 0 1 8 3 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 17
5 CSKA Moskva 10 5 2 3 13 8 5 3 1 1 5 2 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 17
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 10 4 5 1 13 8 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 1 4 0 4 3 5 17
7 Spartak Moskva 10 5 1 4 11 8 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 2 1 2 3 3 3 16
8 Rubin Kazan 10 4 2 4 13 11 6 3 1 2 9 6 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 14
9 Olimpiyets 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 1 0 4 5 9 5 3 2 0 7 4 -1 14
10 Krylya Sovetov 10 4 1 5 12 13 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 -1 13
11 Akhmat Grozny 10 4 0 6 11 16 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 0 3 6 9 -5 12
12 Rostov 10 2 3 5 13 20 5 0 1 4 5 12 5 2 2 1 8 8 -7 9
13 Arsenal Tula 10 2 3 5 12 19 5 1 3 1 5 7 5 1 0 4 7 12 -7 9
14 Ural 10 2 3 5 5 13 6 1 3 2 4 6 4 1 0 3 1 7 -8 9
15 Ufa 10 2 2 6 11 17 6 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 0 3 3 7 -6 8
16 Khimki 10 1 5 4 8 15 5 0 4 1 4 6 5 1 1 3 4 9 -7 8

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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.