Sochi vs FK Nizjni Novgorod Preview & Prediction 13 May 2022

Sochi - FK Nizjni Novgorod. 2nd place welcomes 12th place. Everything can happen - get a broad match preview here!

Insights:

Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.

Novgorod are struggling to avoid relegation.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for FK Nizjni Novgorod, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Sochi form and stats

Sochi have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Sochi goalkeeper Denis Adamov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

It's back home for Sochi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating CSKA Moskva away with the result 1-0. Makarchuk found the net in that victory. Midfield player Makarchuk got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Makarchuk scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Rubin Kazan with a 6-0 scoreline.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Sochi's attacking play is working. Sochi have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

FK Nizjni Novgorod might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Akhmat Grozny proved too strong as FK Nizjni Novgorod slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod. Midfield player Kalinskiy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.73/10. Kalinskiy hit five key passes.

Before that, Novgorod travelled to Arsenal Tula and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled previously this season: FK Nizjni Novgorod - Sochi 1-0. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding eight meetings): Sochi won two games, two matches ended with a draw and FK Nizjni Novgorod got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Top Goalscorers

Z. Cassierra Cabezas

11 goals

A. Yusupov

7 goals

N. Kalinsky

7 goals

Sochi missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Sochi				FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	4	14	28
16	8	4	Won	W	1	4	7
4	2	0	Drew	D	1	5	8
8	4	1	Lost	L	2	5	13
49	29	11	Scored	S	3	14	25
29	16	3	Conceded	C	7	20	39
93%	93%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	75%	86%	86%
75%	86%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	71%	64%
64%	71%	60%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	50%	50%	46%
25%	43%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	25%	21%	18%
18%	29%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	25%	7%	11%
54%	57%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	64%	57%
32%	36%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	25%	21%	25%
21%	14%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	50%	29%	32%

5	5.5	6.4	Corners for (avg)	C F	1.8	2.9	3.6
4.4	4.7	3.6	Corners against (avg)	C A	5.2	4.4	4.5
2.4	2.1	1.6	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	3	1.9	2.3
5	4	1	Red cards	R C	3	4	4

13.8	14.9	17.8	Shots (avg)	S (	6	7.8	8.9
4.6	5.1	5.8	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.2	2.6	3
38%	40%	38%	Goal Efficiency	G E	33%	39%	29%

12.4	12.1	9.2	Shots against (avg)	S A	19	14.7	13.6
3.6	3.9	2.6	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	5.8	5.3	4.6

Sochi			First Half	FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	4	14	28
12	7	3	Won	W	0	4	5
8	4	2	Drew	D	2	4	14
8	3	0	Lost	L	2	6	9
21	15	5	Scored	S	1	8	13
12	6	1	Conceded	C	4	10	17
79%	86%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	50%	71%	57%
29%	43%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	25%	29%	29%
11%	21%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	25%	21%	18%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	25%	7%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
11%	21%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	25%	21%	25%
61%	57%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	43%	50%
50%	36%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	75%	64%	68%

Sochi			Second Half	FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	4	14	28
10	5	3	Won	W	1	3	5
12	5	1	Drew	D	1	4	9
6	4	1	Lost	L	2	7	14
28	14	6	Scored	S	2	6	12
17	10	2	Conceded	C	3	10	22
82%	86%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	75%	79%	79%
54%	57%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	29%	29%
14%	14%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	7%	11%
11%	14%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
32%	29%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	14%	21%
46%	43%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	43%	39%
39%	43%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	75%	64%	61%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FK Nizjni Novgorod have scored away.

		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	28	19	7	2	65	26	15	13	1	1	43	15	13	6	6	1	22	11	39	64
2	Sochi	28	16	4	8	49	29	14	8	2	4	29	16	14	8	2	4	20	13	20	52
3	Dinamo Moskva	28	16	4	8	49	33	14	7	3	4	24	14	14	9	1	4	25	19	16	52
4	CSKA Moskva	28	14	5	9	38	28	14	8	3	3	20	9	14	6	2	6	18	19	10	47
5	Krasnodar	27	13	6	8	39	28	13	7	2	4	17	12	14	6	4	4	22	16	11	45
6	Krylya Sovetov	28	12	5	11	39	34	14	7	3	4	25	14	14	5	2	7	14	20	5	41
7	Lokomotiv Moskva	27	11	8	8	38	36	13	8	1	4	21	14	14	3	7	4	17	22	2	41
8	Akhmat Grozny	28	12	2	14	34	37	14	8	0	6	22	17	14	4	2	8	12	20	-3	38
9	Spartak Moskva	28	10	7	11	35	38	14	6	4	4	21	16	14	4	3	7	14	22	-3	37
10	Rostov	27	9	7	11	45	46	14	5	2	7	26	25	13	4	5	4	19	21	-1	34
11	Khimki	28	6	11	11	31	44	14	3	8	3	19	18	14	3	3	8	12	26	-13	29
12	FK Nizjni Novgorod	28	7	8	13	25	39	14	3	3	8	11	19	14	4	5	5	14	20	-14	29
13	Rubin Kazan	27	8	5	14	33	50	14	5	2	7	18	23	13	3	3	7	15	27	-17	29
14	Ural	28	6	9	13	22	34	14	2	6	6	8	14	14	4	3	7	14	20	-12	27
15	Ufa	27	4	11	12	25	38	13	2	7	4	14	16	14	2	4	8	11	22	-13	23
16	Arsenal Tula	27	5	7	15	27	54	13	3	6	4	15	19	14	2	1	11	12	35	-27	22

Table

		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	28	19	7	2	65	26	15	13	1	1	43	15	13	6	6	1	22	11	39	64
2	Sochi	28	16	4	8	49	29	14	8	2	4	29	16	14	8	2	4	20	13	20	52
3	Dinamo Moskva	28	16	4	8	49	33	14	7	3	4	24	14	14	9	1	4	25	19	16	52
4	CSKA Moskva	28	14	5	9	38	28	14	8	3	3	20	9	14	6	2	6	18	19	10	47
5	Krasnodar	27	13	6	8	39	28	13	7	2	4	17	12	14	6	4	4	22	16	11	45
6	Krylya Sovetov	28	12	5	11	39	34	14	7	3	4	25	14	14	5	2	7	14	20	5	41
7	Lokomotiv Moskva	27	11	8	8	38	36	13	8	1	4	21	14	14	3	7	4	17	22	2	41
8	Akhmat Grozny	28	12	2	14	34	37	14	8	0	6	22	17	14	4	2	8	12	20	-3	38
9	Spartak Moskva	28	10	7	11	35	38	14	6	4	4	21	16	14	4	3	7	14	22	-3	37
10	Rostov	27	9	7	11	45	46	14	5	2	7	26	25	13	4	5	4	19	21	-1	34
11	Khimki	28	6	11	11	31	44	14	3	8	3	19	18	14	3	3	8	12	26	-13	29
12	FK Nizjni Novgorod	28	7	8	13	25	39	14	3	3	8	11	19	14	4	5	5	14	20	-14	29
13	Rubin Kazan	27	8	5	14	33	50	14	5	2	7	18	23	13	3	3	7	15	27	-17	29
14	Ural	28	6	9	13	22	34	14	2	6	6	8	14	14	4	3	7	14	20	-12	27
15	Ufa	27	4	11	12	25	38	13	2	7	4	14	16	14	2	4	8	11	22	-13	23
16	Arsenal Tula	27	5	7	15	27	54	13	3	6	4	15	19	14	2	1	11	12	35	-27	22