Season ticket holders at Ekaterinburg Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ural languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Rostov will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Ural have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
- Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Ural and Rostov should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Rostov have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Relegation threatens Ural who should definitely be looking for some points here. Rostov are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Ural form and stats
Ural have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Akhmat Grozny.
This is expected to be a close game, with Ural perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ural as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Ural has won seven of these, drawn three and lost three.
Ural have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Ural have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rostov form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
180 minutes! That's how long the Rostov goalkeeper Sergey Pesyakov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Before that, Rostov secured a home win against Arsenal Tula with the score 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rostov playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Rostov win, one draw and three defeats.
The visiting Rostov have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Rostov in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rostov - Ural 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ural won one game, five matches ended with a draw and Rostov has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  E. Bicfalvi 7 goals |   K. Hashimoto 6 goals |  D. Poloz 6 goals |
Ural missing players
Rostov missing players
| Ural | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 36 |
| 35 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 31 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 61% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 64% | 61% |
| 29% | 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| 25% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| 46% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 29% |
| 29% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 43% | 46% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 12.2 | 12 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 23% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 32% |
- Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ural have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 46 | 61 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 52 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Sochi | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 49 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| 6 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 47 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 46 |
| 8 | Khimki | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Rostov | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 12 | Ural | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | -19 | 23 |
| 14 | Ufa | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -21 | 21 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -36 | 21 |
| 16 | Tambov | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 33 | -40 | 13 |