Premier League preview and news: Sochi - Torpedo Moskva at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (47659 seats)

Sochi have won 31 points running out as the host team. Torpedo Moskva have gained 13 points playing the role of visitors. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • All of Sochi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier League

This football field uses the playing surface grass, unlike Torpedo Moskva's home ground. The last 32 games by the away team on grass have resulted in 11 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses.

It's quite the trip for Torpedo Moskva when visiting Sochi as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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.

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Sochi form and stats

Sochi have collected 21 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-3-3. Sochi has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Berdyev and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. Noboa was the last player to find the net.

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

Preceding that match was the home game against Krasnodar that was lost 0-2.

It should be added that a look at the 13 latest league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

A decent goal production from Sochi in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sochi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

There's been little loot from Torpedo Moskva's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Premier League. Torpedo Moskva only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Torpedo have lost on their last two travels.

Torpedo Moskva play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Khimki (placed 15th). A bonkers game with masses of goals last time out for Torpedo, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this match be as refreshing? The attacker Stefanovich got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Stefanovich scored one goal.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Spartak Moskva.

The attacking power of Torpedo Moskva when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Torpedo have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Torpedo Moskva - Sochi 1-3 was the product when these squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Sochi-Torpedo Moskva H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sochi one win, Torpedo Moskva one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SochiC. Noboa Tello
C. Noboa Tello
11 goals
SochiG. Melkadze
G. Melkadze
5 goals
SochiV. Sarveli
V. Sarveli
4 goals

Sochi missing players

Torpedo Moskva missing players

Sochi Torpedo Moskva
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 3 12 24
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 2 Drew D 1 3 4
11 3 1 Lost L 2 8 17
32 21 10 Scored S 2 11 18
44 16 7 Conceded C 7 22 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
96% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 67%
67% 67% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 42%
33% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 29%
12% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 38%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 17%
33% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 50%
 
5 6.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 3.7
4.3 3.8 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 5.7
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 2.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.9 14.5 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.9 9
4.2 5.1 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 3.2
32% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 23%
 
12.9 10.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 19 20 18.4
4.8 3.3 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 7.8 7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Sochi's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torpedo Moskva have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Torpedo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torpedo Moskva have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
  • Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premier League
  • Torpedo Moskva have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Premier League
  • Torpedo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 24 18 4 2 60 12 12 11 0 1 42 7 12 7 4 1 18 5 48 58
2 Rostov 24 14 7 3 43 31 13 8 3 2 22 16 11 6 4 1 21 15 12 49
3 Spartak Moskva 23 13 6 4 50 28 11 7 3 1 28 12 12 6 3 3 22 16 22 45
4 CSKA Moskva 24 13 6 5 43 22 12 8 3 1 29 9 12 5 3 4 14 13 21 45
5 Akhmat Grozny 24 12 4 8 35 30 12 6 2 4 15 12 12 6 2 4 20 18 5 40
6 Dinamo Moskva 24 11 6 7 43 33 12 8 2 2 23 11 12 3 4 5 20 22 10 39
7 Krasnodar 23 11 5 7 49 36 11 6 2 3 23 16 12 5 3 4 26 20 13 38
8 Orenburg 24 11 3 10 47 48 12 8 2 2 31 17 12 3 1 8 16 31 -1 36
9 Sochi 24 9 4 11 32 44 12 6 3 3 21 16 12 3 1 8 11 28 -12 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 24 8 5 11 37 41 11 2 3 6 18 21 13 6 2 5 19 20 -4 29
11 Krylya Sovetov 24 6 7 11 24 35 11 2 5 4 8 11 13 4 2 7 16 24 -11 25
12 Ural 24 7 4 13 26 40 13 4 1 8 14 22 11 3 3 5 12 18 -14 25
13 FK Nizjni Novgorod 24 6 4 14 27 48 12 3 2 7 16 28 12 3 2 7 11 20 -21 22
14 Fakel 24 2 12 10 29 45 13 2 8 3 19 21 11 0 4 7 10 24 -16 18
15 Khimki 24 4 5 15 23 52 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 1 2 9 11 32 -29 17
16 Torpedo Moskva 24 3 4 17 18 41 12 2 1 9 7 19 12 1 3 8 11 22 -23 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.