Spartak Moskva supporters put their faith in manager R. Pinho da Vitória to deliver victory against Sochi

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Thu 26.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

Spartak Moskva battle against Sochi for fame and triumph.

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Spartak Moskva's two home games in the Premier League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Otkrytiye Arena.

Spartak drew their last game, 1-1 away at Arsenal Tula (placed 14th). Jordan Larsson, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.85 (out of 10). Larsson hit eight key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ural in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Spartak handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and three defeats.

At Otkrytiye Arena, Spartak Moskva has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Sochi form and stats

Things could have gone better for Sochi in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Sochi are travelling again after losing away to Krylya Sovetov in their previous match (0-1). Defender Rodrigão Prado was the best team player with a rating of 7.24. Prado won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that, Sochi secured a home win against Khimki with the score 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Sochi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, three draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sochi as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Sochi have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last seven meetings): Spartak Moskva won four games, one match ended with a draw and Sochi got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four

Top Goalscorers

SochiI. Popov
I. Popov
3 goals
Spartak MoskvaE. Ponce Martínez
E. Ponce Martínez
2 goals
Spartak MoskvaR. Zobnin
R. Zobnin
1 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Sochi missing players

Spartak Moskva Sochi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 2 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
4 2 0 Scored S 2 2 7
4 2 0 Conceded C 2 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 20%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 40%
 
8 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.6
3.8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.7 3.2
2.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.2 15.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.3 13.4
6.2 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.3 4.6
13% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Spartak Moskva have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Spartak Moskva Last season Sochi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
17 9   Won W   5 15
6 3   Drew D   4 8
7 3   Lost L   6 7
56 31   Scored S   18 49
37 16   Conceded C   21 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
87% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 73%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
37% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
17% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
63% 60%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
20% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
5.6 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.6
3.1 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
4 2   Red cards R C   4 5
 
16.2 16.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.5
5.7 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.4
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Moskva 5 4 0 1 9 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 12
2 Zenit 5 3 2 0 12 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 9 5 5 11
3 Rubin Kazan 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 10
4 Sochi 5 3 0 2 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 9
5 CSKA Moskva 5 3 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 9
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
7 Olimpiyets 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 Spartak Moskva 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 7
9 Krasnodar 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
10 Akhmat Grozny 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 6
11 Ufa 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 5
12 Krylya Sovetov 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
13 Khimki 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 4
14 Arsenal Tula 5 1 1 3 6 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 4
15 Rostov 4 0 1 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
16 Ural 5 0 1 4 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 1

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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.