Ural vs Spartak Moskva preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekaterinburg Arena (35061 seats)

Ural contest Spartak Moskva, who have the most points (4) away in Premier League, for kudos and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points (4) away in Premier League

These teams have little in common geographically as Spartak Moskva have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Ural and Spartak Moskva 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.

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Ural form and stats

Ural's first Premier League home game here at Ekaterinburg Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches. Ural has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Shalimov and the players.

The Ural regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Ekaterinburg Arena: A 1-3 defeat against Krasnodar (placed 9th). Kashtanov, an attacker, was the top player for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Kashtanov scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as Ural lost 0-3 at Orenburg's place.

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

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Four points from two away games for Spartak Moskva, meaning one draw and one victory in the Premier League so far.

Spartak are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Orenburg (placed 11th). Attacker Promes got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Promes scored two goals, signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 38 successful passes (of 42 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Krasnodar at their stadium, the result 4-1.

5 goals so far away for Spartak Moskva, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Ural won three, Spartak Moskva triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
3 goals
Spartak MoskvaV. Moses
V. Moses
2 goals
UralA. Kashtanov
A. Kashtanov
1 goals

Ural missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

Ural Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 5 9
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
7.3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.7
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4.5 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 16 18.7
4 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 7
8% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 43%
 
21 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.5 12
6.7 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points (4) away in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have the most scored goals (5) away in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Premier League
  • Ural have the fewest scored goals (1) in Premier League
  • Ural have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League
  • Ural is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Ural Last season Spartak Moskva
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 3   Won W   4 10
9 6   Drew D   3 8
13 6   Lost L   8 12
27 11   Scored S   15 37
35 14   Conceded C   24 41
87% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
57% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
37% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
20% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 17%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
40% 33%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
27% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
47% 53%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
4.1 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 5.7
5.7 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.1
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
4 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.7 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 14.9
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
24% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 25%
 
15.6 14.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 10.7
4.9 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.1

  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 2 1 0 9 1 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 7
2 Spartak Moskva 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 6 7
3 CSKA Moskva 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
4 Sochi 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
5 Dinamo Moskva 3 1 2 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 5
6 Rostov 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
7 Khimki 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
8 Akhmat Grozny 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
9 Krasnodar 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 -1 4
10 Krylya Sovetov 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
11 Orenburg 3 1 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
12 Fakel 3 0 2 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 2
13 Olimpiyets 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 2
14 Lokomotiv Moskva 3 0 2 1 3 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 2
15 Torpedo Moskva 3 0 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -6 1
16 Ural 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 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 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

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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.