📊 Form Guide

Sochi

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Sochi, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-0 Premier League success against Spartak Moscow.

In that match, Sochi had 48% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sochi was Yahia Attiat-Allah (76'). Spartak Moscow had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

Robert Moreno's Sochi have hit the back of the net 8 times in their last six outings. The corresponding number of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 7.

Ural

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Ural will go into the encounter after a 2-1 Premier League win versus Dynamo Moscow in their last fixture.

In that game, Ural managed 45% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Ural, goals were scored by Danijel Miškić (10') and Aleksey Kashtanov (95'). Dynamo Moscow had 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Konstantin Tyukavin (34') scored for Dynamo Moscow.

The strike force from Ural have suffered from a shortage of goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those fixtures, Bumblebees have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 10. Nonetheless, time will tell whether that trend will continue on here in this match.

Ahead of this clash, Ural haven’t won away from home in the past 9 league matches. It's not a good run at all.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 29/11/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Sochi winning 2 of those games, Ural 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them for Belo-sinie and 6 for Bumblebees. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Premier League match day 12 on 22/10/2023 when it finished Ural 1-4 Sochi.

That day, Ural had 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Andrei Egorychev (38').

At the other end, Sochi got 9 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Kirill Kravtsov (15'), Nikita Burmistrov (17'), Martin Kramarič (34') and Ivan Ignatjev (88') scored.

The referee was Vladimir Moskalyov.

📋 Team News: Sochi

It seems likely that Belo-sinie look set to use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one, beginning the first half with Nikolay Zabolotnyi, Kirill Zaika, Marcelo Alves, Vanja Drkusic, Yahia Attiat Allah, Ignacio Saavedra, Kirill Kravtsov, Martin Kramarič, Artur Yusupov, Aleksandar Jukic and Saul Guarirapa.

🗞️ Team News: Ural

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Ural manager Viktor Goncharenko to be concerned with. Vladislav Malkevich (Muscle injury) won’t be playing here. Aleksey Kashtanov cannot play in this game through suspension.

We’re of the thinking that Bumblebees appear most likely to utilise a 3-4-3 formation, going with Ilya Pomazun, Silvije Begic, Ítalo, Egor Filipenko, Denys Kulakov, Timur Ayupov, Danijel Miskic, Igor Dmitriev, Ilya Ishkov, Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi and Aleksey Ionov.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Ural will have their work cut out to be putting a goal past this Sochi side who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’ve gone for a very even contest with a 1-0 winning score for Sochi at the end of the 90.

Should be interesting.

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Renata Leite, 15:04 21/04/2024