📏 Form Guide

Ural

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Ural head into this fixture after a 2-2 Premier League draw versus Sochi.

In that game, Ural managed 35% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Ural was Aleksei Ionov (46', 67'). On the other side, Sochi had 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Saúl Guarirapa (77') and Aleksandar Jukić (87') scored for Sochi.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Ural haven’t conceded. In fact, Ural have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals on the way.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Ural:

• haven't beaten FC Rostov when playing them at home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not beaten FC Rostov in their last 2 league matches.

FC Rostov

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Spartak Moscow in Premier League competition, FC Rostov and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, FC Rostov had 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Rostov was Yegor Golenkov (36'). At the other end, Spartak Moscow had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Daniil Khlusevich (16'), Jesús Medina (54', 60'), Christopher Martins (76') and Théo Bongonda (94') scored for Spartak Moscow.

Illustrating their partiality to productive matches, goals have been seen as many as 21 times in the last six games in which FC Rostov have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals per fixture. Opposing teams have managed 9 from this total. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 10/05/2021 shows that Ural have won 3 of them & FC Rostov 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 11 of them from Bumblebees and 8 for Rostov. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league match featuring these sides was Premier League match day 10 on 29/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of FC Rostov 2-2 Ural.

In that game, FC Rostov had 63% possession and 21 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Maksim Osipenko (33').

On the other side, Ural had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Schettine (4'), Andrei Egorychev (17') and Mingiyan Beveev (47' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Roman Galimov.

📋 Team News: Ural

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Ural gaffer Viktor Goncharenko to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Vladislav Malkevich (Muscle injury) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: FC Rostov

Owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the FC Rostov manager Valery Karpin does not have any fitness worries at all before this match.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that FC Rostov and Ural may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

A draw is a real possibility, as we are expecting there to be little between them. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very close game with a score draw when all is said and done.

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

Peter Guest, 12:03 25/04/2024