Can Ural outdo FK Nizjni Novgorod in Ekaterinburg Arena clash?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ekaterinburg Arena (35061 seats)

It's game two of the Premier League season and important points to play for. Don't miss our full preview of Ural-FK Nizjni Novgorod!

These teams have little in common geographically as FK Nizjni Novgorod have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ural form and stats

The season before, Ural's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, ending with 11th position in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored {33 goals} and let in 45. Playing at home in the last season Ural generated 6-1-8 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 23 conceded. The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Ekaterinburg Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ural last season were 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses from 15 games.

The club members hope that Ural will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the Russian Cup fixture against Lokomotiv Moskva.

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting CSKA Moskva in a game that was won 2-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Ural's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

Let's have a look at how FK Nizjni Novgorod performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 11/22 goals scored/conceded.

FK Nizjni Novgorod delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Dinamo Moskva in their previous match; a Russian Cup duel.

A loss against Zenit was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.

We have checked recent matches where Novgorod have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Head 2 Head

FK Nizjni Novgorod have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Ural.

The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

UralD. Miškić
D. Miškić
1 goals
UralT. Ayupov
T. Ayupov
1 goals

Ural missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ural FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 5
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
67% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Ural Last season FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
10 6   Won W   3 8
6 1   Drew D   3 6
14 8   Lost L   9 16
33 17   Scored S   11 33
45 23   Conceded C   22 50
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 77%
57% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
23% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 33%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
23% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
37% 27%   Failed to Score F T   40% 40%
 
5.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.8
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.1
2.4 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
4 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
12.5 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.4
3.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
12.9 11.9   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 13.6
4.6 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 FK Nizjni Novgorod 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 FK Nizjni Novgorod 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

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

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