This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Orenburg holding 15th place and Ural lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only three 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.
Orenburg form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Orenburg are 3-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). Orenburg has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager K. Paramonov and the players.
The fans are hoping that Orenburg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 2nd). Preceding that match was the home game against Spartak Moskva that was lost 1-3.
Orenburg are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Rubin Kazan' awaits in four days.
The Orenburg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Ural form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ural are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Impressive finishing from Eric Bicfalvi (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Tambov in their previous game. Prior to that result Ural won their away game at Shinnik in the Russian Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Ufa.
The attacking power of Ural when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As for defending, Ural rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ural - Orenburg 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Orenburg one win, one draw and Ural four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Bicfalvi 7 goals |   J. Fameyeh 5 goals | O. El Kabir 4 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Ural missing players
| Orenburg | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 37 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 44 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 83% |
| 87% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 83% |
| 61% | 45% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 67% |
| 17% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 38% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 70% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 13% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 21% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 353 | 211 | 91 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 144 | 319 |
| 104 | 59 | 31 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 45 | 108 |
| 25% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 27% |
- Orenburg has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Orenburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ural has the most conceded goals in the first half (22)
- Ural has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Ural have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 56 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -3 | 41 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Ufa | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Sochi | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Ural | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Rubin Kazan' | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Tambov | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Orenburg | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 22 |