Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Sochi and CSKA Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (47659 seats)

A total of 13 rounds of games are done and both Sochi and CSKA Moskva are at the right end of the league table. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League

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!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Sochi form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Sochi have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

It's back home for Sochi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arsenal Tula away with the result 2-1. Mateo Cassierra (2) found the net in that victory. The striker Mateo Cassierra won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sochi with a rating of 8.6/10. Cassierra scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Sochi lost 1-2 at Lokomotiv Moskva's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sochi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sochi as a small favourite), we find ten games. Sochi has won four of these, drawn three and lost three.

The Sochi manager V. Fedotov has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sochi have conceded only 4 goals.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for CSKA Moskva, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away.

Moskva are travelling again after losing away to Rubin Kazan in their previous match (0-1). CSKA Moskva were so close to getting something from the game against Rubin Kazan, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Midfield player Mário Fernandes was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.21/10. Fernandes hit three key passes.

Prior to that result Moskva won their away game at Metallurg Lipetsk in the Russian Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by CSKA Moskva in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for CSKA Moskva, two draws and four defeats.

CSKA Moskva have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. 7 goals have been conceded by Moskva in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings featuring these teams: Sochi won one, CSKA Moskva were winners in one and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SochiZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
5 goals
CSKA MoskvaC. Ejuke
C. Ejuke
4 goals
SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
3 goals

Sochi missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Sochi CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 5 1 Played P 2 7 13
8 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 1 Lost L 2 3 4
20 11 0 Scored S 1 9 17
15 4 1 Conceded C 3 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 54%
69% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 38%
15% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
8% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 38%
15% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 46%
31% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 23%
 
5.2 5.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 5.7
3.8 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.3 4.9
2.2 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.4 16 22 Shots (avg) S ( 9 13.3 14.5
4.8 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.6 4.9
32% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 27%
 
12.6 10.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 13.6 14.5
3.6 3.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • CSKA Moskva is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 9 2 2 34 16 7 6 0 1 21 8 6 3 2 1 13 8 18 29
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 13 6 6 1 19 12 6 4 1 1 11 6 7 2 5 0 8 6 7 24
3 Sochi 13 8 0 5 20 15 5 4 0 1 11 4 8 4 0 4 9 11 5 24
4 CSKA Moskva 13 7 2 4 17 10 6 4 1 1 8 3 7 3 1 3 9 7 7 23
5 Dinamo Moskva 13 7 2 4 21 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 7 4 1 2 11 10 5 23
6 Krasnodar 13 6 3 4 22 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 3 2 2 13 7 10 21
7 Rubin Kazan 13 5 4 4 17 14 8 4 2 2 12 8 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 19
8 Krylya Sovetov 13 6 1 6 16 16 5 3 0 2 8 5 8 3 1 4 8 11 0 19
9 Spartak Moskva 13 5 3 5 15 18 7 3 2 2 11 8 6 2 1 3 4 10 -3 18
10 Akhmat Grozny 13 5 0 8 12 19 6 3 0 3 6 7 7 2 0 5 6 12 -7 15
11 Olimpiyets 13 4 2 7 14 21 7 1 0 6 7 15 6 3 2 1 7 6 -7 14
12 Rostov 13 3 4 6 20 24 6 1 1 4 9 12 7 2 3 2 11 12 -4 13
13 Ufa 13 3 4 6 14 19 8 2 3 3 10 11 5 1 1 3 4 8 -5 13
14 Khimki 13 2 6 5 11 19 7 1 5 1 6 6 6 1 1 4 5 13 -8 12
15 Arsenal Tula 13 3 3 7 15 26 7 2 3 2 8 10 6 1 0 5 7 16 -11 12
16 Ural 13 2 4 7 5 15 7 1 3 3 4 7 6 1 1 4 1 8 -10 10

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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.