Ural will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind CSKA Moskva.
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.
CSKA Moskva have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ural form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Ural so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Ural's previous game, also at home. Visiting Zenit (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Volga Ulyanovsk and winning 3-0.
Ural has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, CSKA Moskva, who have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Moskva are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Moskva, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Ufa (placed 14th) in the Premier League last time out. Before that, Moskva secured a home win against Spartak Moskva with the score 3-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager V. Goncharenko when Kristijan Bistrović scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute.
The travelling fans enjoy CSKA Moskva's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Ural wins - draws - CSKA Moskva wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kuchaev 4 goals |  N. Vlašić 4 goals |   E. Bicfalvi 3 goals |
Ural missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Ural | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 88% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 38% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 52 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 81 | 120 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 37 | 50 |
| 37% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 28% |
- CSKA Moskva has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League
- CSKA Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- CSKA Moskva have scored in all their matches so far.
- CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ural haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Rostov | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Ural | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Tambov | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Ufa | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 2 |