Sochi and Rostov will meet in the Winline match of the RPL Winter Cup. How will the upcoming duel end? We'll figure it out.
"Sochi"
Sochi continues to prepare for the new season under the leadership of Kurban Berdyev. Recall that at the end of last year, the specialist replaced Vadim Garanin as a helmsman, who returned to Yenisei. During the winter training camp, the team has already played four friendly matches, in which they beat Forte (5:1) and Neftekhimik (3:0) with crushing scores and lost to Lokomotiv Moscow with a score of 0:2. In the first match at the tournament, Sochi lost to Krasnodar (0:1) and closes the standings. In the championship, Sochi is in the middle of the standings, being in ninth position.
"Rostov"
Rostov, which almost lost all its foreign players before the start of this season, pleases its fans. The team from the shores takes third place in the standings. During the winter break, Valery Karpin's wards played two matches in which they did not miss a single goal, beating Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor (4-0) and Malaysia's Johor Darul Takzim, and in the first match of the tournament they lost to Spartak Moscow only after a series of 11-meter strikes, ending the main time a goalless draw.
Statistics and figures
- Rostov is the favorite of the match according to bookmakers;
- Rostov lost to Spartak on penalties in the first match of the tournament and scored one point;
- Sochi lost to Krasnodar in the first match (0:1);
- In the first full-time match this season, a 2-2 draw was recorded
Forecast
I think that Rostov has a better chance of success, because they have a balanced squad that knows the coaching staff from A to Z, and Sochi is looking for something new and, probably, the squad will be significantly changed compared to the first match at the tournament. I propose to bet on the victory of Rostov with a handicap of goals (0).
