Premier League preview: Can Krylya Sovetov edge out victory against Sochi?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

Krylya Sovetov are enjoying their stay in the top spots while Sochi are more worried about steering clear of relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League
  • Sochi is in the worst form (1-0-5)

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.

It's no vacation for neither Krylya Sovetov nor Sochi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Krylya Sovetov so far this season. Krylya Sovetov are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Sovetov are returning here after visiting Baltika in a Russian Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

2-2 away at CSKA Moskva before that.

It's goals goals goals for Krylya Sovetov who have scored 13 goals from 4 league home games. Krylya Sovetov have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Sochi form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sochi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Sochi, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Sochi have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 284 minutes ago. Medveděv was the goal scorer.

Two away matches in a row for Sochi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus CSKA Moskva in the Russian Cup.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Spartak Moskva's place.

Sochi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. Sochi have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Krylya Sovetov have won every one of the 7 most recent fixtures versus this team. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

SovetovB. Garré
B. Garré
3 goals
Krylya SovetovN. Saltykov
N. Saltykov
3 goals
SochiM. Kramarič
M. Kramarič
3 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Sochi missing players

Krylya Sovetov Sochi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 3 Played P 1 4 8
4 3 3 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
19 13 10 Scored S 0 1 8
11 5 2 Conceded C 2 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
88% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
38% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
25% 50% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
88% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
12% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 50%
 
4.8 2.8 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4 4.2
4.4 5.5 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8.2 6
2 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 12.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 6.5 9.2
5.5 6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 1.8 2.5
43% 54% 59% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 40%
 
11.1 10.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14 12.1
3.4 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Krylya Sovetov's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Krylya Sovetov have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Krylya Sovetov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Krylya Sovetov have scored more than double the goals of Sochi.
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most scored goals (13) at home in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sochi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sochi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sochi have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sochi is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 8 5 3 0 12 3 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 6 2 9 18
2 Zenit 8 5 2 1 18 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 5 3 2 0 10 3 12 17
3 Krylya Sovetov 8 4 3 1 19 11 4 3 1 0 13 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 8 15
4 Dinamo Moskva 8 4 3 1 16 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 10 8 3 15
5 Ural 8 4 2 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 0 1 3 4 0 14
6 Spartak Moskva 8 4 1 3 13 12 5 3 1 1 7 6 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 13
7 CSKA Moskva 8 3 3 2 16 12 4 2 2 0 10 5 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 12
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 3 3 2 13 13 4 1 2 1 6 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 0 12
9 Akhmat Grozny 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 11
10 Olimpiyets 8 3 2 3 6 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 4 -1 11
11 Orenburg 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 -4 8
12 Rostov 8 2 2 4 10 16 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 0 1 3 3 12 -6 8
13 Sochi 8 2 0 6 8 12 4 2 0 2 7 3 4 0 0 4 1 9 -4 6
14 Rubin Kazan 8 1 3 4 9 18 5 1 2 2 6 11 3 0 1 2 3 7 -9 6
15 Fakel 8 1 2 5 5 13 3 1 1 1 3 4 5 0 1 4 2 9 -8 5
16 Baltika 8 1 1 6 8 15 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 5 4 11 -7 4

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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.