Krylya Sovetov greet Khimki as obvious favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

Krylya Sovetov are opening their away dressing room to Khimki for yet another crucial match after their 2-1 result against 9th-placed Sochi.

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals (50) in Premier League

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Khimki, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Krylya Sovetov have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Samara Arena.

Krylya Sovetov enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sochi's place. The match ended 2-1 with Gaponov and Costanza scoring. Sweet to taste a league victory after five matches without. Gorshkov, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Gorshkov served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against CSKA Moskva in the Russian Cup.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sovetov as they are travelling to their away game against Krasnodar in the Russian Cup. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Krylya Sovetov here at Samara Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). On the other hand, Sovetov have conceded 11 goals. Krylya Sovetov has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Khimki form and stats

Khimki have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-1-9 (11 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Khimki who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Fakel was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The attacking players of Khimki have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 274 minutes.

Khimki are travelling again after losing away to CSKA Moskva in their previous match (0-3). Guilherme, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.1. Guilherme hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).

Preceding that, the 0-6 home loss versus Krasnodar.

Khimki are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 11 goals in these matches. When Khimki is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Torpedo Moskva, FK Nizjni Novgorod, Fakel, Ural and Khimki.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Khimki - Krylya Sovetov 0-0. Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: eight wins for Sovetov, one draw and one win for Khimki. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

KhimkiA. Dolgov
A. Dolgov
4 goals
KhimkiB. Magomedov
B. Magomedov
4 goals
Krylya SovetovR. Ezhov
R. Ezhov
3 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Khimki missing players

Krylya Sovetov Khimki
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 22
6 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
6 4 2 Drew D 1 1 4
10 4 0 Lost L 1 9 15
23 8 4 Scored S 5 11 19
33 11 3 Conceded C 4 32 50
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
77% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 82%
45% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 82% 64%
18% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 64% 41%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 23%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 50%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 41%
 
5.4 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.9 3.5
4.9 3.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.5 4.4
1.6 1.7 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
15.2 18.8 22 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 10.7 10.8
5.6 6.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 3.4
19% 13% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 26%
 
11.6 10.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 17.4 16.1
4.1 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 7.3 6.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Khimki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Khimki have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals (32) away in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals (50) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Premier League
  • Khimki have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premier League
  • Khimki have the the worst goal difference (-31) in Premier League
  • Khimki have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Khimki is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Krylya Sovetov have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 22 17 3 2 57 11 11 10 0 1 39 6 11 7 3 1 18 5 46 54
2 Rostov 21 13 5 3 38 28 12 8 2 2 22 16 9 5 3 1 16 12 10 44
3 Spartak Moskva 22 12 6 4 48 27 11 7 3 1 28 12 11 5 3 3 20 15 21 42
4 CSKA Moskva 22 12 5 5 40 20 11 8 2 1 28 8 11 4 3 4 12 12 20 41
5 Dinamo Moskva 22 10 6 6 39 29 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 3 4 4 19 19 10 36
6 Akhmat Grozny 22 11 3 8 33 29 11 5 2 4 14 12 11 6 1 4 19 17 4 36
7 Krasnodar 22 10 5 7 47 36 11 6 2 3 23 16 11 4 3 4 24 20 11 35
8 Orenburg 21 10 2 9 41 41 10 8 1 1 28 11 11 2 1 8 13 30 0 32
9 Sochi 22 9 4 9 32 41 11 6 3 2 21 14 11 3 1 7 11 27 -9 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 22 7 4 11 32 39 11 2 3 6 18 21 11 5 1 5 14 18 -7 25
11 Ural 22 7 4 11 24 35 11 4 1 6 12 17 11 3 3 5 12 18 -11 25
12 Krylya Sovetov 22 6 6 10 23 33 10 2 4 4 8 11 12 4 2 6 15 22 -10 24
13 FK Nizjni Novgorod 22 5 4 13 24 44 11 2 2 7 14 27 11 3 2 6 10 17 -20 19
14 Fakel 22 2 11 9 27 41 11 2 7 2 17 17 11 0 4 7 10 24 -14 17
15 Torpedo Moskva 22 3 4 15 15 35 11 2 1 8 6 17 11 1 3 7 9 18 -20 13
16 Khimki 22 3 4 15 19 50 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 1 1 9 11 32 -31 13

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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.