Spartak Moskva welcome Sochi for another engrossing Premier League fixture here at Otkrytiye Arena.
Sochi have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both sides have had sufficient rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!
Spartak Moskva form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Otkrytiye Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Spartak Moskva last season were 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from 15 games.
A good away victory last time out for Spartak, who won 2-0 against Ural (placed 16th). Promes has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. First-class! Midfielder Ignatov was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.63 (out of ten) in that game. Ignatov scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Orenburg in a game that was won 4-1.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 Spartak Moskva have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Spartak Moskva has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Sochi form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sochi in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Sochi are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Olimpiyets (placed 13th). Midfielder Noboa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.04. Noboa scored one goal, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 77 successful passes (of 85 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Akhmat Grozny.We have checked recent matches where Sochi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Sochi has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Sochi have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Spartak Moskva.H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Spartak Moskva four wins, one draw and Sochi four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Q. Promes 4 goals |   C. Noboa Tello 3 goals |  V. Moses 2 goals |
Spartak Moskva missing players
Sochi missing players
| Spartak Moskva | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 7.8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20.5 | 24 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12 | 18.5 |
| 7.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 6.8 |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 26% |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Spartak Moskva | Last season | Sochi | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 27% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 63% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14.9 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 25% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 10.7 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Sochi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Zenit | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Rostov | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Khimki | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Fakel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 38 | 65 |
| 2 | Sochi | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 24 | 56 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 53 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 50 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 41 |
| 9 | Rostov | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Khimki | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 14 | Ufa | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -22 | 29 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | -29 | 23 |
