This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Ural holding 11th place and Rubin Kazan' lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's quite the trip for Rubin Kazan' when visiting Ural as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Ural form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Ural, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
Ural lost their last game at Zenit (placed 1st) after a 1-7 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Sochi.
Ural were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Ural's goalkeeper Yaroslav Godzyur was extremely busy against Zenit, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eleven saves.
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 nine games. Ural has won five of these, drawn two and lost two.
Ural are traveling soon after this match as the Russian Cup match at Shinnik awaits in four days.
The Ural fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Ural are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 10 played).
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rubin Kazan' so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Kazan', whose manager L. Slutskiy could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Arsenal Tula. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Krylya Sovetov.
Kazan' goalie Yuri Dyupin was high and low in the Arsenal Tula game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Rubin Kazan' in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Kazan', four draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Kazan' when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Rubin Kazan' have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Rubin Kazan' - Ural 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ural won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Rubin Kazan' has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  E. Bicfalvi 5 goals |  O. El Kabir 4 goals |
Ural missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Ural | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 26 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 82% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 77% |
| 82% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 64% | 90% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 41% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 5% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 5% |
| 59% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 42% | 32% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 42% | 41% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 292 | 148 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 140 | 271 |
| 100 | 55 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 39 | 79 |
| 26% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 15% |
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals (12)
- Rubin Kazan' has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Ural has the most conceded goals (20) at home
- Ural has the most conceded goals (41)
- Ural has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Ural has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ural have scored more than double the goals of Rubin Kazan'.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 50 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Ufa | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Tambov | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 25 |
| 12 | Sochi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan' | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 20 |