Rostov are probable winners of this home fixture vs Ural, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Rostov have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ural have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
These teams have little in common geographically as Ural have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rostov form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here at Rostov Arena for Rostov. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Rostov's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Krasnodar (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The force was strong with Rostov in their previous game playing Krasnodar. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from Mironov, Silyanov and Poloz the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win. The victory against Krasnodar came after Mironov's winning goal. The Rostov manager Karpin was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 36th minute. Silyanov, defender, was given a rating of 8.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Silyanov scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Rostov lost 1-3 at Zenit's place.Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The manager Karpin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Dinamo Moskva in only four days.
8 goals have been conceded.
Ural form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ural in their Premier League matches away.
The fans enjoyed Ural's previous match versus Khimki (placed 15th), a 2-1 win played at home. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Kashtanov and that is quite the accomplishment! Midfielder Ranđelović was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Ranđelović scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Ural won their away game at Lokomotiv Moskva. The scoreline was 4-2.Ural have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Rostov victories, five draws and two Ural wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poloz 7 goals |  N. Komlichenko 7 goals | D. Utkin 3 goals |
Rostov missing players
Ural missing players
| Rostov | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 67% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 58% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.7 | 14.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12.8 | 13.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 38% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 13.3 | 14.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 30 | 19.4 | 16.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
- Rostov have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rostov have scored more than double the goals of Ural.
- Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ural have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Ural have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 30 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Rostov | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Sochi | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Orenburg | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -8 | 18 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Fakel | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 6 |
