Betting guide: Sochi favourite to beat Ural at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht

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.

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

A strong away win for Sochi against Akhmat Grozny the last match, as Marko Dugandžić were on target. The attacker Marko Dugandžić was "man of the match" for Sochi with a rating of 8.05/10. Dugandžić scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Olimpiyets.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sochi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Ural form and stats

Ural delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Olimpiyets (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Attacker Eric Bicfalvi got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Bicfalvi served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Krasnodar.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Ural playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, three draws and two home wins.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Sochi won one game, one match ended with a draw and Ural has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three

Top Goalscorers

M. Dugandžić 1 goals

A. Panyukov 1 goals

Sochi missing players

Ural missing players