An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 11th place.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Krylya Sovetov have to build on here at Samara Arena.The fans are hoping that Krylya Sovetov will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Dinamo Moskva. Ahead of that match, Krylya Sovetov won a home game hosting Rubin Kazan' (1-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Krylya Sovetov perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Krylya Sovetov as a small favourite), we find three games. Krylya Sovetov has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The manager M. Božović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zenit in only three days.
Krylya Sovetov aren't scoring a lot here at Samara Arena with only 9 goals from 12 games. Krylya Sovetov are not conceding a lot of goals here at Samara Arena, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Ural form and stats
Ural have only collected 11 points from their away games after 3-2-6 (11 played).Ural won their last game, 2-1 versus Rubin Kazan' played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Arsenal Tula.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Ural in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Ural, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Ural now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Ufa is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Ural when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored in 11 matches. Ural have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ural - Krylya Sovetov 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 2 Krylya Sovetov victories, 7 draws and 0 Ural wins.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kanunnikov 5 goals |   E. Bicfalvi 5 goals |  N. Dimitrov 5 goals / 4 assists |
Krylya Sovetov missing players
Ural missing players
| Krylya Sovetov | Ural | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | Played | 11 | 24 |
| 20 | 9 | Scored | 9 | 25 |
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | 21 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 96% |
| 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 64% | 54% |
| 21% | 8% | Over 3.5 | 27% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 9% | 8% |
| 29% | 8% | Both teams to score | 55% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 9% | 4% |
| 42% | 50% | Failed To Score | 45% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 5 | 2 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 3 |
- Ural is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 42 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Orenburg | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Rostov | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Ural | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 30 |
| 12 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 14 | Ufa | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -30 | 19 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 27 | -26 | 13 |
