Sochi vs Rotor Volgograd Preview & Prediction 07 May 2021

The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Sochi leading Rotor Volgograd by 28 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:

Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League

Sochi and Rotor Volgograd should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Rotor Volgograd have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Rotor Volgograd are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Sochi form and stats

Sochi have performed here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht this season with 9 wins from 14 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.

Happy days for Sochi in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Krasnodar (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Ufa with a 3-2 scoreline.

Sochi can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 29 times. From these home matches, Sochi have conceded only 11 goals.

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Rotor Volgograd form and stats

Rotor Volgograd, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League, have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-7 (13 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on K. Bidzhiyev, the Rotor Volgograd manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Aleksey Shchetkin scored in Rotor Volgograd's previous match, the home game against Akhmat Grozny that ended 1-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zenit wasn't a success with a 0-6 loss.

Goalkeeper Josip Čondrić was absolutely vital in the Volgograd victory against Akhmat Grozny, making six saves.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Volgograd have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Rotor Volgograd - Sochi 1-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Sochi wins - draws - Rotor Volgograd wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Noboa Tello

12 goals

A. Zabolotnyi

9 goals

N. Burmistrov

6 goals

Sochi missing players

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Sochi				Rotor Volgograd
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	3	13	28
14	9	3	Won	W	1	2	5
7	4	2	Drew	D	0	4	6
7	1	0	Lost	L	2	7	17
47	29	12	Scored	S	2	8	13
32	11	1	Conceded	C	9	26	49
93%	93%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	85%	86%
75%	86%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	77%	64%
54%	50%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	67%	46%	39%
39%	29%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	33%	31%	21%
18%	21%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	33%	15%	7%
61%	57%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	38%	25%
32%	43%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	15%	25%
14%	7%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	67%	62%	64%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.8	2.6	1.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.3	2.5	3
5	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	3	4

13.2	14.7	15.4	Shots (avg)	S (	6.7	7.4	8.4
5.4	6.5	5.8	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.3	2.5	2.7
31%	32%	41%	Goal Efficiency	G E	20%	24%	18%

Sochi			First Half	Rotor Volgograd
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	3	12	26
11	7	2	Won	W	0	1	2
11	6	3	Drew	D	1	5	12
6	1	0	Lost	L	2	6	12
18	9	3	Scored	S	1	2	3
12	1	0	Conceded	C	3	9	15
64%	57%	40%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	67%	58%
29%	14%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	17%	8%
14%	0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	8%	4%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
18%	0%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	8%	4%
71%	93%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	42%	50%
46%	50%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	67%	83%	88%

Sochi			Second Half	Rotor Volgograd
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
28	14	5	Played	P	3	12	26
9	6	2	Won	W	1	3	5
12	5	3	Drew	D	0	2	7
7	3	0	Lost	L	2	7	14
29	20	9	Scored	S	1	6	10
20	10	1	Conceded	C	6	14	28
82%	86%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	77%
50%	57%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	33%	35%
25%	36%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	25%	23%
14%	29%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	33%	17%	8%
4%	7%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	33%	8%	4%
39%	36%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	8%	12%
43%	50%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	33%	42%	42%
36%	29%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	67%	67%	69%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Rotor Volgograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Rotor Volgograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier League
Rotor Volgograd have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
Sochi have scored more than double the goals of Rotor Volgograd.

		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	27	17	7	3	65	24	14	12	1	1	47	12	13	5	6	2	18	12	41	58
2	Lokomotiv Moskva	27	16	4	7	43	29	13	10	1	2	23	9	14	6	3	5	20	20	14	52
3	Spartak Moskva	27	15	5	7	50	33	14	8	3	3	29	15	13	7	2	4	21	18	17	50
4	Sochi	28	14	7	7	47	32	14	9	4	1	29	11	14	5	3	6	18	21	15	49
5	Rubin Kazan	28	15	4	9	37	30	14	6	3	5	17	16	14	9	1	4	20	14	7	49
6	CSKA Moskva	28	14	5	9	46	29	14	7	4	3	28	16	14	7	1	6	18	13	17	47
7	Dinamo Moskva	28	14	4	10	41	31	14	9	2	3	24	8	14	5	2	7	17	23	10	46
8	Khimki	27	12	5	10	33	37	13	8	1	4	16	13	14	4	4	6	17	24	-4	41
9	Rostov	27	12	4	11	34	31	13	5	2	6	15	13	14	7	2	5	19	18	3	40
10	Krasnodar	28	11	5	12	48	41	15	7	4	4	34	23	13	4	1	8	14	18	7	38
11	Akhmat Grozny	28	10	6	12	31	35	13	6	3	4	18	12	15	4	3	8	13	23	-4	36
12	Ural	27	6	13	8	25	34	14	5	6	3	13	11	13	1	7	5	12	23	-9	31
13	Arsenal Tula	27	6	5	16	24	43	13	6	4	3	19	14	14	0	1	13	5	29	-19	23
14	Ufa	28	5	6	17	24	45	13	2	3	8	13	18	15	3	3	9	11	27	-21	21
15	Rotor Volgograd	28	5	6	17	13	49	15	3	2	10	5	23	13	2	4	7	8	26	-36	21
16	Tambov	27	3	4	20	17	55	14	2	2	10	10	24	13	1	2	10	7	31	-38	13

Table

		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	27	17	7	3	65	24	14	12	1	1	47	12	13	5	6	2	18	12	41	58
2	Lokomotiv Moskva	27	16	4	7	43	29	13	10	1	2	23	9	14	6	3	5	20	20	14	52
3	Spartak Moskva	27	15	5	7	50	33	14	8	3	3	29	15	13	7	2	4	21	18	17	50
4	Sochi	28	14	7	7	47	32	14	9	4	1	29	11	14	5	3	6	18	21	15	49
5	Rubin Kazan	28	15	4	9	37	30	14	6	3	5	17	16	14	9	1	4	20	14	7	49
6	CSKA Moskva	28	14	5	9	46	29	14	7	4	3	28	16	14	7	1	6	18	13	17	47
7	Dinamo Moskva	28	14	4	10	41	31	14	9	2	3	24	8	14	5	2	7	17	23	10	46
8	Khimki	27	12	5	10	33	37	13	8	1	4	16	13	14	4	4	6	17	24	-4	41
9	Rostov	27	12	4	11	34	31	13	5	2	6	15	13	14	7	2	5	19	18	3	40
10	Krasnodar	28	11	5	12	48	41	15	7	4	4	34	23	13	4	1	8	14	18	7	38
11	Akhmat Grozny	28	10	6	12	31	35	13	6	3	4	18	12	15	4	3	8	13	23	-4	36
12	Ural	27	6	13	8	25	34	14	5	6	3	13	11	13	1	7	5	12	23	-9	31
13	Arsenal Tula	27	6	5	16	24	43	13	6	4	3	19	14	14	0	1	13	5	29	-19	23
14	Ufa	28	5	6	17	24	45	13	2	3	8	13	18	15	3	3	9	11	27	-21	21
15	Rotor Volgograd	28	5	6	17	13	49	15	3	2	10	5	23	13	2	4	7	8	26	-36	21
16	Tambov	27	3	4	20	17	55	14	2	2	10	10	24	13	1	2	10	7	31	-38	13