Season ticket holders at Fisht Olympic Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sochi languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Orenburg will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Orenburg have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sochi form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Sochi are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Sochi having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager R. Berezovskiy.
Sochi drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ufa (placed 10th). Preceding that match was a defeat to CSKA Moskva (2-3).
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 two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sochi here at Fisht Olympic Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). 10 goals have been conceded.
Orenburg form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Akhmat Grozny with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ufa.
Orenburg goalkeeper Andrei Klimovich had a great day against Akhmat Grozny, but despite making 7 saves the loss could not be avoided.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Orenburg playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 Orenburg wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Orenburg find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Orenburg have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Orenburg - Sochi 1-1 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Barsov 18 goals |
Sochi missing players
Orenburg missing players
| Sochi | Orenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 88% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 35% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 76% |
| 24% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 6.2 | 4.9 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 226 | 94 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 92 | 270 |
| 63 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 28 | 77 |
| 24% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 39% | 27% |
- All of Orenburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orenburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sochi have scored home.
- Orenburg have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Orenburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sochi has the fewest points (4) at home
- Sochi has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
- Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sochi is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Rostov | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Ural | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Ufa | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 14 | Tambov | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan' | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Sochi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 14 |