Rostov favourites for feisty fight facing Ural

Rostov and Ural should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It's quite the trip for Ural when visiting Rostov as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.

Rostov form and stats

Rostov's results here at Rostov Arena in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. When Rostov hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Rostov, Olimpiyets, Ufa, Arsenal Tula and Khimki), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

An away draw last time out for Rostov, facing Zenit in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Rostov in the Zenit match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Bastos, defender, was given a rating of 7.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Bastos won 7 of 10 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Akhmat Grozny.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rostov have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost four.

Goals decide football matches and Rostov are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rostov defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Ural form and stats

There's been little loot from Ural's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Ural only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Two travels in a row for Ural, whose manager I. Shalimov could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Lokomotiv Moskva. Midfield player Rafał Augustyniak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Augustyniak scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Sochi.

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

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ural's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ural have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled earlier this season: Ural - Rostov 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Rostov wins - draws - Ural wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Poloz 7 goals

D. Glebov 4 goals

N. Komlichenko 4 goals

Rostov missing players

Ural missing players