Rubin Kazan' will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Sochi.
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for Sochi when visiting Rubin Kazan' as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
Rubin Kazan' have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Kazan' crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Khimki here at Kazan' Arena in a Premier League match. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Ufa.
Rubin Kazan' has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Kazan''s goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sochi form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sochi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Sochi won their last game, 5-0 versus Tambov played at home. A 1-3 defeat away at Lokomotiv Moskva before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Sochi was very dominant against Tambov, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Aleksandr Rudenko, Sergey Terekhov, Maksim Barsov and Anton Zabolotnyi (2) providing the goals.
A new game in only four days for Sochi, the Russian Cup home match versus Lokomotiv Moskva. Busy days.
Sochi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Sochi have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sochi - Kazan' 3-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Kazan' one win, one draw and Sochi two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Đ. Despotović 11 goals |   C. Noboa Tello 8 goals |  A. Zabolotnyi 7 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Sochi missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 32 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 38 |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 91% | 91% |
| 83% | 91% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 74% |
| 52% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 39% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 52% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 57% |
| 30% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 39% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.6 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 26% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 32% |
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Sochi | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Rostov | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Khimki | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 34 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Ural | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -24 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -29 | 13 |