Soccer betting preview: Orenburg welcomes Ural in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gazovik (4950 seats)

It's match two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Orenburg-Ural!

It's quite the trip for Ural when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Orenburg form and stats

Last season, Orenburg's league stats were 28 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the FNL. In these 42 matches they scored 78 goals and let in 33. Playing as the home side in the previous season Orenburg managed 14-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 42 goals and 18 conceded. Orenburg have collected 0 points from their Premier League home games so far after 0-0-1.

The Orenburg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Krylya Sovetov here at Stadion Gazovik. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Bašić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.73/10. Bašić hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 35 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Gazisehir Gaziantep and winning 2-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Orenburg's 1 home game: 2 goals, 4 conceded.

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Ural form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ural performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 16/21 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Ural had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 5, drew 3 and lost 7.

Ural play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to CSKA Moskva (placed 2nd). Kuzmichev was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Kuzmichev won 3 of 5 duels.

Prior to that result Ural won their away game at Arsenal Tula. The scoreline was 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ural playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Ural win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ural has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Orenburg victory, one draw and four Ural wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OrenburgT. Ayupov
T. Ayupov
1 goals

Orenburg missing players

Ural missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Orenburg Ural
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6
8 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
27 27 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 30 30
9 9 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 8
Orenburg Last season Ural
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 0   Played P   15 30
1 0   Won W   5 8
0 0   Drew D   3 9
0 0   Lost L   7 13
2 0   Scored S   16 27
1 0   Conceded C   21 35
100% 0%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 87%
100% 0%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 57%
100% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 37%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 20%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
100% 0%   BTTS BTTS   47% 40%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 27%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   40% 47%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.1
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.7
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.7
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 3.8
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 24%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   16.2 15.6
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.9

  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 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Khimki 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Zenit 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Khimki 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Zenit 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.