Premier League match prediction: Little separates Krylya Sovetov and Sochi in quality

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

Krylya Sovetov welcome Sochi for another action-packed Premier League game here at Samara Arena.

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
  • Sochi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League

This looks to be an entertaining game with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

Sochi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

Krylya Sovetov have less points than they have played home games in the Premier League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sovetov, their manager I. Osinkin and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Krylya Sovetov drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rubin Kazan (placed 2nd). Midfield player Anton Zinkovskiy got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Zinkovskiy served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Arsenal Tula.

Krylya Sovetov has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sochi form and stats

Sochi are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The Sochi goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 184 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Sochi go into this game after a win, the home game against Khimki that ended 3-0. The attacker Ivelin Popov got a match rating of 9.12 in that game. Popov scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Sochi secured a home win against Ural with the score 2-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sochi has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SochiI. Popov
I. Popov
3 goals
Krylya SovetovI. Sergeev
I. Sergeev
2 goals
SovetovV. Sarveli
V. Sarveli
1 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Sochi missing players

Krylya Sovetov Sochi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 2 7
6 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
5.2 7.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
1.8 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17 14.5
1.8 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
43% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Krylya Sovetov have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
  • Sochi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
Krylya Sovetov Last season Sochi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   15 30
32 19   Won W   5 15
5 1   Drew D   4 8
5 1   Lost L   6 7
100 66   Scored S   18 49
26 8   Conceded C   21 33
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
81% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 73%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
36% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
14% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
40% 33%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
57% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
5% 10%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
6.4 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
3.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.6
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
6 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
12.1 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.5
5.5 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.4
44% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%

  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 4 3 1 0 11 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 5 10
2 Rubin Kazan 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 10
3 Sochi 4 3 0 1 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 9
4 Dinamo Moskva 4 3 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 9
5 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
6 Olimpiyets 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
7 Krasnodar 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
8 CSKA Moskva 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
9 Akhmat Grozny 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
10 Spartak Moskva 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
11 Ufa 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 4
12 Khimki 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 4
13 Arsenal Tula 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 3
14 Krylya Sovetov 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
15 Rostov 4 0 1 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
16 Ural 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 1
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 Krylya Sovetov 42 32 5 5 100 26 21 19 1 1 66 8 21 13 4 4 34 18 74 101
2 Orenburg 42 28 10 4 78 33 21 14 5 2 42 18 21 14 5 2 36 15 45 94
3 Olimpiyets 42 27 7 8 67 28 21 15 2 4 38 12 21 12 5 4 29 16 39 88
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 42 22 11 9 74 40 21 12 6 3 45 21 21 10 5 6 29 19 34 77
5 Baltika 42 22 7 13 49 35 21 11 2 8 24 15 21 11 5 5 25 20 14 73
6 Torpedo Moskva 42 21 9 12 65 41 21 12 3 6 33 16 21 9 6 6 32 25 24 72
7 Neftekhimik 42 20 10 12 64 44 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 8 4 9 22 27 20 70
8 Veles 42 18 12 12 54 46 21 10 7 4 34 24 21 8 5 8 20 22 8 66
9 Fakel 42 17 13 12 57 43 21 8 10 3 26 13 21 9 3 9 31 30 14 64
10 Yenisey 42 19 6 17 52 54 21 11 1 9 33 27 21 8 5 8 19 27 -2 63
11 SKA Khabarovsk 42 17 9 16 52 47 21 10 6 5 23 15 21 7 3 11 29 32 5 60
12 Chayka 42 15 11 16 44 53 21 8 3 10 22 28 21 7 8 6 22 25 -9 56
13 Volgar Astrakhan 42 14 12 16 47 45 21 10 8 3 29 18 21 4 4 13 18 27 2 54
14 Spartak Moskva II 42 14 7 21 53 77 21 6 5 10 27 37 21 8 2 11 26 40 -24 49
15 Tekstilshchik 42 12 11 19 32 51 21 6 8 7 13 21 21 6 3 12 19 30 -19 47
16 Krasnodar II 42 11 12 19 46 68 21 9 6 6 33 25 21 2 6 13 13 43 -22 45
17 Akron 42 10 12 20 35 54 21 5 7 9 19 25 21 5 5 11 16 29 -19 42
18 Tom' Tomsk 42 10 11 21 32 50 21 5 5 11 18 26 21 5 6 10 14 24 -18 41
19 Irtysh 42 9 8 25 33 61 21 5 3 13 12 32 21 4 5 12 21 29 -28 35
20 Dinamo Bryansk 42 10 5 27 24 66 21 7 1 13 14 30 21 3 4 14 10 36 -42 32
21 Chertanovo 42 7 6 29 35 80 21 3 3 15 16 36 21 4 3 14 19 44 -45 27
22 Shinnik 42 5 10 27 39 90 21 3 4 14 20 39 21 2 6 13 19 51 -51 25
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 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 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.