Premier League: Spartak Moskva expected to win home game against Ural

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Thu 18.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Spartak Moskva leading Ural by 15 points.

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Ural.

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.

It's quite the trip for Ural when visiting Spartak as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Spartak Moskva have to build on here at Otkrytiye Arena in the Premier League.

It's back home for Spartak, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dinamo Moskva away with the result 2-1. Victor Moses and Aleksandr Sobolev found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Spartak won a home game hosting Krasnodar (6-1).

Spartak Moskva can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Spartak's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ural form and stats

Ural have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-6-4 (11 played). It's three draws from Ural's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Ural have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Yaroslav Godzyur. It's been 184 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

Ural won their last game, 1-0 versus Rotor Volgograd played at home. A draw for Ural before that, at their own venue hosting Ufa (0-0).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ural as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Ural in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ural - Spartak Moskva 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Spartak victories, three draws and four Ural wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpartakJ. Larsson
J. Larsson
9 goals
Spartak MoskvaE. Ponce Martínez
E. Ponce Martínez
9 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
8 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Ural missing players

Spartak Moskva Ural
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
12 6 4 Won W 0 1 5
5 3 0 Drew D 2 6 11
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
41 23 11 Scored S 3 9 19
25 11 2 Conceded C 7 16 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 82%
86% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 59%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 27%
36% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 23%
14% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 5%
64% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 45%
23% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 32%
14% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
15 15.8 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11.6 11.7
5.1 5.7 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4 3.5
36% 37% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 20% 25%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Ural.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 22 13 6 3 50 19 12 10 1 1 39 12 10 3 5 2 11 7 31 45
2 Spartak Moskva 22 12 5 5 41 25 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 18 14 16 41
3 CSKA Moskva 22 12 4 6 38 21 11 6 3 2 23 12 11 6 1 4 15 9 17 40
4 Sochi 21 10 7 4 32 22 11 7 4 0 21 8 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 37
5 Dinamo Moskva 22 11 3 8 29 24 11 8 1 2 18 5 11 3 2 6 11 19 5 36
6 Rostov 22 10 4 8 26 23 10 4 2 4 12 9 12 6 2 4 14 14 3 34
7 Rubin Kazan 21 10 4 7 28 26 10 4 3 3 13 12 11 6 1 4 15 14 2 34
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 21 10 4 7 26 25 10 7 1 2 14 7 11 3 3 5 12 18 1 34
9 Khimki 22 9 5 8 27 31 12 7 1 4 15 13 10 2 4 4 12 18 -4 32
10 Krasnodar 21 9 4 8 38 27 11 7 3 1 29 10 10 2 1 7 9 17 11 31
11 Ural 22 5 11 6 19 25 11 4 5 2 10 9 11 1 6 4 9 16 -6 26
12 Akhmat Grozny 22 7 5 10 20 29 11 4 3 4 13 11 11 3 2 6 7 18 -9 26
13 Rotor Volgograd 22 4 6 12 12 32 11 2 2 7 4 14 11 2 4 5 8 18 -20 18
14 Arsenal Tula 22 4 5 13 19 38 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 0 1 10 5 24 -19 17
15 Ufa 21 3 5 13 15 33 9 1 3 5 8 11 12 2 2 8 7 22 -18 14
16 Tambov 21 3 4 14 14 34 11 2 2 7 7 13 10 1 2 7 7 21 -20 13

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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.