The visiting Rostov side should be favourites in this visit to Sochi, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rostov, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.
Sochi form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Sochi at their home stadium (Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht after three straight home wins.
Sochi's last game was hosting Krasnodar (placed 2nd) and winning 2-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Orenburg in a game that was won 5-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sochi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sochi as a small favourite), we find four games. Sochi has won zero of these, drawn three and lost one.
Sochi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Sochi have conceded 14 goals.
Rostov form and stats
Playing away, Rostov, who have the most scored goals (20) away in Premier League, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Rostov in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Lokomotiv Moskva, 1-3. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs CSKA Moskva.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Rostov in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Rostov, zero draws and two defeats.
Rostov has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. Rostov have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rostov - Sochi 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  E. Shomurodov 11 goals |  A. Mostovoy 6 goals |  R. Eremenko 5 goals |
Sochi missing players
Rostov missing players
| Sochi | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 39 |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 34 |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 82% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 36% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 82% | 77% |
| 18% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 55% | 41% |
| 14% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 45% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 27% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 293 | 161 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 156 | 379 |
| 93 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 57 | 133 |
| 28% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 29% |
- All of Rostov's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rostov has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Rostov has the most conceded goals (22) away
- Rostov has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Rostov has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- Rostov has the most scored goals (20) away
- Rostov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rostov have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Ufa | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tambov | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sochi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 20 |