📏 Form Guide

Sochi

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Sochi will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Terek Grozny.

In that match, Sochi had 66% possession and 6 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Akhmat Grozny had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Lechi Sadulaev (30') scored for Terek Grozny.

In their past 6 fixtures, Robert Moreno's Sochi have scored a total of 9 times, an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.

Heading into this fixture, Sochi are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Fakel Voronezh

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Krylia Sovetov in Premier League competition, Fakel Voronezh and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Fakel Voronezh had 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Krylia Sovetov Samara got 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Franco Orozco (76') was the scorer for Krylia Sovetov.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Fakel Voronezh has been fairly consistent in recent matches. Checking on their last 6 games reveals that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal tally of 8 and Fakel Voronezh have scored 3.

Ahead of this clash, Fakel Voronezh haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 10 on 01/10/2023 and the score finished Fakel Voronezh 2-0 Sochi.

In that game, Fakel Voronezh managed 48% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Yevgeni Markov (43') and Vyacheslav Yakimov (47').

At the other end, Sochi got 7 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Roman Safjan.

ℹ️ Team News: Sochi

Nikita Goylo (pinched nerve) and Moussa Sissako (Longitudinal tendon tear) are unavailable for Sochi manager Robert Moreno.

It’s our opinion that Belo-sinie will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 system for this one, handing starts to Nikolay Zabolotnyi, Timofey Margasov, Marcelo Alves, Vanja Drkusic, Artem Makarchuk, Ignacio Saavedra, Kirill Kravtsov, Martin Kramarič, Aleksey Sutormin, Aleksandar Jukic and Nikita Burmistrov.

🗞️ Team News: Fakel Voronezh

We’re of the thinking that Fakelony will likely begin the game with a 4-4-2 system, giving starts to Aleksandr Belenov, Vasili Cherov, Igor Yurganov, Sergey Bozhin, Rayan Senhadji, Roman Akbashev, Irakli Kvekveskiri, Nichita Motpan, Ilnur Alshin, Khyzyr Appaev and Evgeniy Markov.

✨ Prediction

We think that Fakel Voronezh will do well to put one past this Sochi side who we think might well emerge victorious.

We’re therefore anticipating a 1-0 win for Sochi when all is said and done.

It should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 14:00 29/04/2024