Season ticket holders at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sochi languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Ural will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Sochi and Ural 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sochi form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Sochi are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Sochi fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht: A 1-2 defeat against Arsenal Tula (placed 6th). In the match before that, Sochi hosted Rubin Kazan and drew the game 1-1.
The defeat against Arsenal Tula was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by E. Lutsenko).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sochi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sochi, as the Premier League home game vs Orenburg is only three days away.
Sochi aren't scoring a lot here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Sochi have conceded 13 goals.
Ural form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (32) in Premier League, are W3-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Lokomotiv Moskva game have they lost an away game, meaning Ural has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Ural has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to CSKA Moskva for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Krylya Sovetov at their stadium, the result 3-2.
We have checked recent matches where Ural have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, four draws and zero defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ural as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Ural have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ural - Sochi 3-1.Top Goalscorers
  E. Bicfalvi 5 goals | O. El Kabir 4 goals |   D. Poloz 3 goals |
Sochi missing players
Ural missing players
| Sochi | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 89% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 70% | 80% |
| 79% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 80% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 65% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 40% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 15% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 21% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 247 | 115 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 122 | 270 |
| 73 | 32 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 36 | 91 |
| 23% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 27% |
- Sochi has the fewest points (5) at home
- Sochi has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home
- Ural has the most conceded goals (32)
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Rostov | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Ufa | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Ural | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Dinamo Moskva | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 24 |
| 11 | Tambov | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 20 |
| 14 | Akhmat Grozny | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Sochi | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 15 |