This could be an interesting match as Sochi have their presumed home advantage while Lokomotiv Moskva are ahead 2 points in the Premier League table.
Lokomotiv Moskva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.
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.
Sochi form and stats
2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Sochi so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager V. Fedotov led his Sochi to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Dinamo Moskva. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. Preceding that game was the away draw at Orenburg (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that finished 1-1.
Nikolay Zabolotnyi had a busy but productive day in the Dinamo Moskva match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sochi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost one.
Sochi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Sochi have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Lokomotiv Moskva's previous game was their home loss versus Bayern München (1-2). A loss against Rotor Volgograd was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lokomotiv Moskva playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Lokomotiv Moskva wins, two draws and one defeat.
After this away game Lokomotiv return home for a Champions League game against Atletico Madrid. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Lokomotiv find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Lokomotiv are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Sochi won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Lokomotiv Moskva has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 7 goals |  M. Mevlja 3 goals |  N. Burmistrov 3 goals |
Sochi missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Sochi | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 92% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 83% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 58% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 152 | 62 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 58 | 158 |
| 57 | 24 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 60 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 22% |
- Lokomotiv Moskva has the most clean sheets (7) in Premier League
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at 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 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Zenit | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Rostov | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Sochi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tambov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -15 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 6 |