Ural manager Y. Matveev looking for three points in Olimpiyets showdown

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ekaterinburg Arena

It's game two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Ural-Olimpiyets!

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.

Olimpiyets have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Ural form and stats

Last season, Ural's league statistics were 7 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Ural managed 6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 11 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Ekaterinburg Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from Ural's 15 home games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 233 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Gadzhimuradov was the last player to find the net.

The Ural fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Ekaterinburg Arena: A 0-3 defeat against Krasnodar (placed 1st). Midfield player Vyacheslav Podberezkin got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Podberezkin hit one key pass. The penalty miss from Eric Bicfalvi in the defeat against Krasnodar was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lokomotiv Moskva (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ural have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost zero.

Ural has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Olimpiyets form and stats

Let's have a look at how Olimpiyets performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 27 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 29/16 goals scored/conceded.

Olimpiyets go into this game after a win, the home game against Sochi that ended 1-0. Artur Nigmatullin was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.04. The agile goalkeeper Nigmatullin stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Kerzhakov when Igor Gorbunov scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute.

Before that, Olimpiyets travelled to Tom' Tomsk and returned home with a draw after the FNL game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Olimpiyets have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, two draws and zero defeats.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Ural, two draws and one win for Olimpiyets. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

OlimpiyetsI. Gorbunov
I. Gorbunov
1 goals

Ural missing players

Olimpiyets missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ural Olimpiyets
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Ural Last season Olimpiyets
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   21 42
7 6   Won W   12 27
13 6   Drew D   5 7
10 3   Lost L   4 8
26 14   Scored S   29 67
36 11   Conceded C   16 28
87% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 93%
57% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 62%
27% 13%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 45%
23% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 19%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 7%
43% 33%   BTTS BTTS   43% 38%
30% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 50%
40% 33%   Failed to Score F T   24% 19%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.6
5.7 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.8
2.9 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.9
5 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.8 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 8.6
3.7 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
23% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 42%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Olimpiyets 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Krylya Sovetov 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Sochi 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 13
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 Krylya Sovetov 42 32 5 5 100 26 21 19 1 1 66 8 21 13 4 4 34 18 74 101
2 Orenburg 42 28 10 4 78 33 21 14 5 2 42 18 21 14 5 2 36 15 45 94
3 Olimpiyets 42 27 7 8 67 28 21 15 2 4 38 12 21 12 5 4 29 16 39 88
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 42 22 11 9 74 40 21 12 6 3 45 21 21 10 5 6 29 19 34 77
5 Baltika 42 22 7 13 49 35 21 11 2 8 24 15 21 11 5 5 25 20 14 73
6 Torpedo Moskva 42 21 9 12 65 41 21 12 3 6 33 16 21 9 6 6 32 25 24 72
7 Neftekhimik 42 20 10 12 64 44 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 8 4 9 22 27 20 70
8 Veles 42 18 12 12 54 46 21 10 7 4 34 24 21 8 5 8 20 22 8 66
9 Fakel 42 17 13 12 57 43 21 8 10 3 26 13 21 9 3 9 31 30 14 64
10 Yenisey 42 19 6 17 52 54 21 11 1 9 33 27 21 8 5 8 19 27 -2 63
11 SKA Khabarovsk 42 17 9 16 52 47 21 10 6 5 23 15 21 7 3 11 29 32 5 60
12 Chayka 42 15 11 16 44 53 21 8 3 10 22 28 21 7 8 6 22 25 -9 56
13 Volgar Astrakhan 42 14 12 16 47 45 21 10 8 3 29 18 21 4 4 13 18 27 2 54
14 Spartak Moskva II 42 14 7 21 53 77 21 6 5 10 27 37 21 8 2 11 26 40 -24 49
15 Tekstilshchik 42 12 11 19 32 51 21 6 8 7 13 21 21 6 3 12 19 30 -19 47
16 Krasnodar II 42 11 12 19 46 68 21 9 6 6 33 25 21 2 6 13 13 43 -22 45
17 Akron 42 10 12 20 35 54 21 5 7 9 19 25 21 5 5 11 16 29 -19 42
18 Tom' Tomsk 42 10 11 21 32 50 21 5 5 11 18 26 21 5 6 10 14 24 -18 41
19 Irtysh 42 9 8 25 33 61 21 5 3 13 12 32 21 4 5 12 21 29 -28 35
20 Dinamo Bryansk 42 10 5 27 24 66 21 7 1 13 14 30 21 3 4 14 10 36 -42 32
21 Chertanovo 42 7 6 29 35 80 21 3 3 15 16 36 21 4 3 14 19 44 -45 27
22 Shinnik 42 5 10 27 39 90 21 3 4 14 20 39 21 2 6 13 19 51 -51 25

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Olimpiyets 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Krylya Sovetov 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Sochi 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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