Match preview: Sochi likely to overcome Khimki at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (47659 seats)

Data, trends, results, form, H2H stats, selected XIs and a lot else: Get all you must know about Sochi - Khimki!

Insights:
  • Sochi have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Khimki have won significantly less corners away then at home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Khimki have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Sochi and Khimki 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.

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Sochi form and stats

Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Sochi 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Sochi bring valid hopes of a third.

Sochi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rostov that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Sochi in the Rostov match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Noboa (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Noboa scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Spartak Moskva.

Goals are appearing in numbers in this team's league rounds, with 6 in a row containing three goals or more (over 2.5).

Early season league goal statistics from Sochi's 2 home games: 4 goals, 2 conceded.

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Khimki form and stats

Khimki are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Khimki's previous game was their home loss versus Lokomotiv Moskva (0-3). Midfield player Idowu was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.31/10. Idowu hit one key pass and had 48 successful passes (of 59 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Akhmat Grozny.

Khimki have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sochi have pulled off a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (4-4-0) when playing Khimki.

Top Goalscorers

SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
4 goals
KhimkiA. Dolgov
A. Dolgov
3 goals
SochiA. Yusupov
A. Yusupov
2 goals

Sochi missing players

Khimki missing players

Sochi Khimki
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 0 2 6
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
9 4 2 Scored S 0 3 8
11 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
6.2 10.5 12 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4
3.3 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.5 4.8
2.8 3.5 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.2 24.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.5 13.2
5.5 9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.8
27% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 28%
 
12.2 9.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 11.8
4.7 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Sochi's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Khimki have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sochi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sochi have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Sochi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Spartak Moskva 6 4 1 1 14 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 4 2 1 1 7 3 10 13
2 Dinamo Moskva 6 3 3 0 11 4 4 2 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 7 12
3 Rostov 6 3 3 0 12 9 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 7 6 3 12
4 Zenit 5 3 2 0 11 2 3 3 0 0 10 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 9 11
5 CSKA Moskva 5 3 1 1 12 5 3 3 0 0 9 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 7 10
6 Sochi 6 3 1 2 9 11 2 2 0 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 5 9 -2 10
7 Krasnodar 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 8
8 Akhmat Grozny 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 8
9 Khimki 6 2 1 3 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 -1 7
10 Orenburg 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -2 6
11 Krylya Sovetov 6 1 3 2 7 10 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 -3 6
12 Lokomotiv Moskva 6 1 3 2 7 12 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 6
13 Olimpiyets 6 1 2 3 8 12 2 0 1 1 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 6 -4 5
14 Fakel 6 0 4 2 8 12 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 0 2 2 5 9 -4 4
15 Torpedo Moskva 5 0 1 4 3 12 2 0 0 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 1 6 -9 1
16 Ural 6 0 1 5 1 11 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 0 1 2 0 5 -10 1

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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.