Premier League: The average league table positions highlight the path Sochi and Ural have been on so far. Both teams are ready for the match; let's bake this cake!
- Sochi have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Ural have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
It's quite the trip for Ural when visiting Sochi as the cities are 2700 kilometers apart.
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.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Sarveli was the last player to score a league goal for Sochi and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sochi haven't scored in 180 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Garanin led his Sochi to a defeat away at Zenit. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. Sochi were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Sochi's goalkeeper Dzhanaev was extremely busy against Zenit, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Drkušić, defender, was given a rating of 6.72/10 in that game, top of the team. Drkušić won 1 of 2 duels.
Ahead of that result, a home defeat in the Russian Cup against Ural.
Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 12 of the 14 latest league matches with this club has seen at least three goals.
Sochi can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Sochi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Ural form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ural in their Premier League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Ural hope to make it five in this match.
The fans enjoyed Ural's previous fixture versus Krylya Sovetov (placed 11th), a 2-1 win played at home. Crazy, but true: this team has seen three consecutive league games with the result 2-1! Attacker Kashtanov got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Kashtanov scored one goal, served one assist and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Earlier, the Russian Cup victory away at Sochi. 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 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.
Goal fest? This side have played 5 consecutive league games all with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The visiting Ural have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Ural struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Sochi, three draws and five wins for Ural. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 9 goals |  G. Melkadze 4 goals |  A. Kashtanov 4 goals |
Sochi missing players
Ural missing players
| Sochi | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.9 | 8.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.3 | 18.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.8 | 13.6 |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 32% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | 27% |
| 12.4 | 7.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 17.3 | 15 |
| 4.9 | 2.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
- All of Sochi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ural have scored away.
- Sochi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sochi have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Sochi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ural have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Ural have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 36 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Rostov | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Sochi | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Ural | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Fakel | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Khimki | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 6 |
