This season has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, good and bad giving mid-table positions so far. Get ready for Sochi - Orenburg!
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Orenburg have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League
It's quite the trip for Orenburg when visiting Sochi as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
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!
Sochi form and stats
Sochi are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
Sochi are confident in defense, having played 263 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Sochi followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host CSKA Moskva and win 2-0. Defender Drkušić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.71/10. Drkušić won 7 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that fixture, a home defeat in the Russian Cup against CSKA Moskva.
Goals decide football matches and Sochi are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Sochi have conceded only 8 goals.
Orenburg form and stats
There's been little loot from Orenburg's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Orenburg only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Liczka, the Orenburg manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from Orenburg as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Akhmat Grozny. Midfielder Kaplenko was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.02. Kaplenko hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
A defeat, in the Russian Cup away at Dinamo Moskva, earlier.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this team's 12 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Orenburg defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 29 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest archived result featuring both these sides is the Orenburg - Sochi 4-1 played earlier this season. Head to head statistics (for the last six meetings): Sochi won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Orenburg got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 10 goals |  G. Melkadze 5 goals |
Sochi missing players
Orenburg missing players
| Sochi | Orenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 29 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 34 |
| 32 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 78% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 67% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 15.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13 | 16.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| 34% | 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 17% | 28% |
| 12.6 | 9.9 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23 | 17.4 | 14.8 |
| 4.5 | 2.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
- All of Orenburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sochi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orenburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Orenburg have the most conceded goals (29) away in Premier League
- Orenburg have the most conceded goals (40) in Premier League
- Orenburg have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in Premier League
- Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orenburg have scored away.
- Sochi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Zenit | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Rostov | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sochi | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Fakel | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 15 | Khimki | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 7 |
