On August 14, as part of the 5th round of the Russian Premier League, Spartak hosts Sochi at home. The statistics of face-to-face meetings over the past couple of years indicate the advantage of the Sochi team. Will the Red-whites be able to change the situation in this match? – read in our forecast.
"Spartak"
Spartak leads the Russian Championship standings in the new season after four rounds. The team has never lost to its opponents at the moment. In the match of the first round, having conceded first, the Red-whites equalized the score in the away game with Akhmat (1:1) six minutes before the end of the match. In the game of the next round, Krasnodar responded to four goals from Spartak with only one. On their own field, with the same score, the Gladiators defeated the Orenburg team. In the away match last weekend, the Red-Whites confidently prevailed over the Urals. Last December, Spartak lost to the Sochi team with a score of 0:3.
"Sochi"
The Blues are one point behind the Gladiators from Moscow. The team started the new season with a guest victory over Torpedo Moscow. In the game of the next round, Sochi lost to the Army team in the dry (0:3). The home game with Akhmat ended in favor of the Blues (2:1). With the same score, Sochi prevailed over Nizhny Novgorod. In the last two face-to-face meetings with Spartak, the victory was celebrated by the team from the Krasnodar Territory, but this does not mean that the upcoming meeting with the red and white will be an easy walk.
Figures and statistics:
- Spartak has won six of the last ten matches over its rivals.
- In three matches over the same period, Sochi lost.
- The Red-Whites have not lost on their own field since March.
Forecast
Spartak's home winless streak counts ten matches in a row and will continue after the game with the Sochi team. The Gladiators are aiming for revenge for last season's defeat. Our forecast: the victory of Spartak. The coefficient is 1.93. The loss of the "blues" with a score of 0:3 from CSKA indicates the insufficient readiness of the team at this stage to resist more prepared opponents.
