A demanding season for Orenburg so far, and that also applies to Sochi. These weathered teams hope for some vital points here.
- Orenburg is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sochi have lost all their away matches so far.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Russian Cup game only four days ago.
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Orenburg are returning here after guesting Fakel in a Russian Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus CSKA Moskva that ended 1-1.Orenburg have scored {1 goals} here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Orenburg have conceded 5 from these games.
Sochi form and stats
It's not happening yet for Sochi on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Russian Cup home loss versus CSKA Moskva with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A loss against Lokomotiv Moskva was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sochi has managed {1 goals} and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Orenburg have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Sochi.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kramarič 3 goals |   M. Pérez 1 goals |  L. Vera 1 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Sochi missing players
| Orenburg | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 18% | 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 13.3 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.5 | 12.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.8 |
- All of Orenburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sochi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orenburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Orenburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Orenburg have the fewest points (1) at home in Premier League
- Orenburg have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Orenburg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League
- Orenburg have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Premier League
- Orenburg have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Premier League
- Orenburg have yet to win a game.
- Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Orenburg is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sochi have lost all their away matches so far.
- Sochi 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 | Krasnodar | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Zenit | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Ural | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Rostov | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Sochi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Baltika | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
