Betting preview: Sochi vs Rostov should be interesting

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (47659 seats)

This promises to be yet another interesting skirmish at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in the Premier League. Sochi is in 11th place and welcome Rostov in 8th position. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

Rostov have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sochi form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Sochi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

In their previous game, the manager Khokhlov led his Sochi to a defeat away at CSKA Moskva. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Orenburg in the Russian Cup. 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 5 games. Sochi has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 4.

Sochi has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rostov form and stats

Rostov have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Rostov are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the game against Rubin Kazan (placed 13th). Midfielder Utkin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Utkin served one assist and hit three key passes.

A defeat, in the Russian Cup away at Ural, before that.

{1 goals} so far away for Rostov, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Sochi have won or drawn the last 7 games (5-2-0) against Rostov.

Top Goalscorers

RostovN. Komlichenko
N. Komlichenko
3 goals
SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
1 goals
SochiM. Silveira dos Santos
M. Silveira dos Santos
1 goals

Sochi missing players

Rostov missing players

Sochi Rostov
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
4 3 1 Scored S 0 1 7
7 2 2 Conceded C 0 5 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 25%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.8 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 13 7
5 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 4.5
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 14 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 14.5
3.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6
31% 43% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 29%
 
12.5 8.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 11
4.5 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Rostov have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Rostov have the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
Sochi Last season Rostov
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 8   Won W   6 15
5 4   Drew D   5 8
14 3   Lost L   4 7
37 26   Scored S   23 48
54 18   Conceded C   24 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
90% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 80%
63% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 67%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 40%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
47% 67%   BTTS BTTS   73% 73%
17% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 17%
37% 13%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
4.8 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.5
4.5 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.2
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.3
5 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
12 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 11.9
4.3 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.6
29% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 35%
 
12.9 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 14.2
4.8 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 4 4 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 7 12
2 Ural 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 CSKA Moskva 4 3 0 1 11 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 9
4 Spartak Moskva 4 3 0 1 11 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 6 4 4 9
5 Krylya Sovetov 4 2 2 0 11 6 2 1 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 8
6 Zenit 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
7 Dinamo Moskva 4 2 1 1 9 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 7
8 Rostov 4 2 1 1 7 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 7
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 5
10 Akhmat Grozny 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Sochi 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
12 Baltika 4 1 0 3 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 3
13 Rubin Kazan 4 0 2 2 4 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -6 2
14 Olimpiyets 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -3 1
15 Orenburg 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 1
16 Fakel 4 0 0 4 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -7 0
Last season 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 30 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 Olimpiyets 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

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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.