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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: SKB-Bank Arena (35061 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Premier League table has to be read with caution. So far Ural find themselves in 12th position and Krasnodar are placed 4th.

It's no vacation for neither Ural nor Krasnodar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Krasnodar when visiting Ural as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.

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Ural form and stats

Two Premier League home games so far for Ural, who are yet to win here at SKB-Bank Arena. Only 1 point so far.

Ural drew their last game, also a home match. Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Rubin Kazan' the opponent.

Ural's goalie Ilya Pomazun played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Lokomotiv Moskva with a stunning seven saves.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ural as they are travelling to their away game against Rostov in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Ural's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Krasnodar form and stats

Things could have gone better for Krasnodar in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Impressive finishing from Marcus Berg and Sergei Petrov secured the home win 2-0 against Arsenal Tula in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lokomotiv Moskva wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

A new game in only four days for Krasnodar, the Premier League home match versus CSKA Moskva. Busy days.

Krasnodar have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Ural wins - draws - Krasnodar wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KrasnodarR. Cabella
R. Cabella
2 goals
KrasnodarM. Berg
M. Berg
2 goals
UralE. Bicfalvi
E. Bicfalvi
1 goals

Ural missing players

Krasnodar missing players

Ural Krasnodar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 2 Played P 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 1 Scored S 0 3 5
4 3 3 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 67%
33% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
3 2.5 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 5
10 11 11 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.7
4.7 3.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
37 23 23 Total Shots T S 0 37 52
9 4 4 Shots on Target S O 0 12 19
22% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 26%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ural has the most dropped points from leading position (4)
Ural Last season Krasnodar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   14 29
8 5   Won W   5 13
8 2   Drew D   5 10
13 8   Lost L   4 6
33 22   Scored S   18 46
53 28   Conceded C   16 30
86% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
83% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 79%
66% 87%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 38%
34% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
14% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 17%
62% 73%   BTTS BTTS   57% 52%
17% 13%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
34% 20%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5
5.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.9
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.4 2.9
2 2   Red cards R C   1 6
 
387 224   Total Shots T S   216 489
135 82   Shots on Target S O   66 155
24% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 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 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
2 Dinamo Moskva 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 7
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
4 Krasnodar 3 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 6
5 CSKA Moskva 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
6 Spartak Moskva 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
7 Sochi 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
8 Akhmat Grozny 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 4
9 Ufa 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 4
10 Tambov 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
11 Rostov 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -3 3
12 Ural 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
13 Rubin Kazan' 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 1
14 Arsenal Tula 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
15 Khimki 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
16 Rotor Volgograd 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -4 1
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 22 6 2 65 18 15 10 5 0 37 9 15 12 1 2 28 9 47 72
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 16 9 5 41 29 15 7 5 3 19 14 15 9 4 2 22 15 12 57
3 Krasnodar 30 14 10 6 49 30 15 8 5 2 28 14 15 6 5 4 21 16 19 52
4 CSKA Moskva 30 14 8 8 43 29 15 7 4 4 17 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 14 50
5 Rostov 30 12 9 9 45 50 15 8 3 4 24 18 15 4 6 5 21 32 -5 45
6 Dinamo Moskva 30 11 8 11 27 30 15 4 4 7 12 15 15 7 4 4 15 15 -3 41
7 Spartak Moskva 30 11 6 13 35 33 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 7 2 6 21 17 2 39
8 Ufa 30 8 14 8 22 24 15 5 6 4 15 13 15 3 8 4 7 11 -2 38
9 Arsenal Tula 30 11 5 14 37 41 15 4 3 8 21 24 15 7 2 6 16 17 -4 38
10 Rubin Kazan' 30 8 11 11 18 28 15 5 3 7 8 13 15 3 8 4 10 15 -10 35
11 Ural 30 9 8 13 36 53 15 5 2 8 22 28 15 4 6 5 14 25 -17 35
12 Sochi 30 8 9 13 40 39 15 6 3 6 28 16 15 2 6 7 12 23 1 33
13 Tambov 30 9 4 17 37 41 15 6 1 8 21 17 15 3 3 9 16 24 -4 31
14 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 7 15 33 40 15 3 5 7 16 18 15 5 2 8 17 22 -7 31
15 Akhmat Grozny 30 7 10 13 27 46 15 2 8 5 13 21 15 5 2 8 14 25 -19 31
16 Orenburg 30 7 6 17 28 52 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 4 2 9 15 27 -24 27

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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.