Premier League prediction and preview: Rostov modest favorites to beat Ufa

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Wed 08.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion SKA SKVO (45000 seats)

Rostov have performed better than Ufa so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

It's no vacation for neither Rostov nor Ufa 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.

It's quite the trip for Ufa when visiting Rostov as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

Ufa are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Rostov form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Premier League games here at Stadion SKA SKVO for Rostov. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

An away draw last time out for Rostov, facing Krylya Sovetov in a game that ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Krasnodar that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rostov handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and zero defeats.

There will be little rest for Rostov after this match as they are travelling to Orenburg for a Premier League game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Rostov in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Rostov have conceded 14 goals.

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Ufa form and stats

There's been little loot from Ufa's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Ufa, who have the most clean sheets (9) away in Premier League, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 7 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for Ufa who have played out draws in their last three away games. Ufa have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

There were no winners in Ufa's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Ural (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Rubin Kazan'.

The draw against Ural came from a losing position. The Ufa manager V. Evseev brought on Denis Terentjev as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Ufa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

The schedule is very tough for Ufa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Lokomotiv Moskva is waiting in only four days.

Ufa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 13 away games. It's not easy to score on Ufa as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ufa - Rostov 2-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Rostov, three draws and two wins for Ufa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

RostovE. Shomurodov
E. Shomurodov
11 goals
RostovA. Ionov
A. Ionov
6 goals
RostovR. Eremenko
R. Eremenko
5 goals

Rostov missing players

Ufa missing players

Rostov Ufa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
12 8 3 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 2 7 12
7 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
43 22 9 Scored S 0 4 19
46 14 3 Conceded C 2 9 21
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 46% 69%
88% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 23% 46%
73% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 23%
38% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 8%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
77% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 8% 35%
19% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 69% 50%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 77% 46%
 
5 6.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3 4.2
4 2.8 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5
2.7 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.1 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
414 243 70 Total Shots T S 17 112 292
143 83 29 Shots on Target S O 4 31 92
30% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 21%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Rostov has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
  • Rostov has the most conceded goals (46)
  • Rostov has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
  • Rostov has the most matches over the total-line (19)
  • Rostov have scored more than double the goals of Ufa.
  • Rostov have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Rostov have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ufa has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Ufa has the most clean sheets (9) away
  • Ufa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ufa have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 19 5 2 56 14 13 8 5 0 31 7 13 11 0 2 25 7 42 62
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 26 14 7 5 36 26 13 6 4 3 16 12 13 8 3 2 20 14 10 49
3 Krasnodar 25 12 9 4 42 27 12 6 5 1 21 12 13 6 4 3 21 15 15 45
4 CSKA Moskva 26 12 7 7 35 26 13 6 3 4 14 13 13 6 4 3 21 13 9 43
5 Rostov 26 12 7 7 43 46 13 8 3 2 22 14 13 4 4 5 21 32 -3 43
6 Ufa 26 7 12 7 19 21 13 5 5 3 15 12 13 2 7 4 4 9 -2 33
7 Spartak Moskva 26 9 5 12 29 30 13 3 3 7 10 15 13 6 2 5 19 15 -1 32
8 Dinamo Moskva 25 8 8 9 21 27 13 3 4 6 10 14 12 5 4 3 11 13 -6 32
9 Arsenal Tula 26 9 4 13 30 35 13 3 3 7 17 19 13 6 1 6 13 16 -5 31
10 Sochi 26 7 9 10 38 31 14 5 3 6 27 16 12 2 6 4 11 15 7 30
11 Rubin Kazan' 26 7 9 10 15 25 12 4 2 6 6 11 14 3 7 4 9 14 -10 30
12 Ural 25 7 8 10 30 45 12 4 2 6 19 23 13 3 6 4 11 22 -15 29
13 Tambov 26 8 4 14 32 35 13 5 1 7 17 15 13 3 3 7 15 20 -3 28
14 Akhmat Grozny 26 6 9 11 24 37 14 2 7 5 12 20 12 4 2 6 12 17 -13 27
15 Krylya Sovetov 26 6 6 14 26 36 13 2 4 7 13 18 13 4 2 7 13 18 -10 24
16 Orenburg 25 6 5 14 26 41 12 3 3 6 13 18 13 3 2 8 13 23 -15 23

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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.