Season ticket holders at Stadion Neftyanik haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ufa languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Sochi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sochi have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Relegation threatens Ufa who should definitely be looking for some points here. Sochi are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Ufa form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Ufa have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadion Neftyanik.
The Ufa goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
It's back home for Ufa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Spartak Moskva away with the result 3-0. Filip Mrzljak and Vladislav Kamilov (2) found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Akhmat Grozny.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ufa here at Stadion Neftyanik in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). 15 goals have been conceded.
Sochi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sochi so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Sochi has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Impressive finishing from Christian Noboa and Artur Yusupov secured the home win 2-1 against CSKA Moskva in their previous game. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Zenit.
Sochi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sochi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Ufa and Sochi have met before this season: Sochi - Ufa 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Ufa won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and Sochi has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeTop Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 9 goals |  A. Zabolotnyi 7 goals |  N. Burmistrov 6 goals |
Ufa missing players
Sochi missing players
| Ufa | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 41 |
| 41 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 65% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 58% | 73% |
| 50% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 50% |
| 19% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 42% | 35% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 15% |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 58% | 58% |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 35% |
| 54% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 10 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.6 | 13.3 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 27% | 26% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | 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 | Zenit | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 55 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 46 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Rubin Kazan' | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Sochi | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 8 | Khimki | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -5 | 38 |
| 9 | Rostov | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 35 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Ural | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | -18 | 23 |
| 14 | Ufa | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 20 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -31 | 18 |
| 16 | Tambov | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 31 | -35 | 13 |