On the 20th of August, Sochi and Rostov will play a match in Rostov in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rostov sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-3 win against FC Nizhny Novgorod. Dmitri Poloz struck first for Rostov in the 15th minute on a penalty shot, then Kalinsky tied it up for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 20th minute on a penalty shot , but luckily for Rostov it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Rostov is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sochi recorded a 0-3 loss against Spartak Moscow. Quincy Promes struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 57th minute, then Anton Zinkovskiy added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Aleksandr Sobolev In the end, Sochi was frustrated by Spartak Moscow’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Spartak Moscow ended the match with the shutout victory. Sochi is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Sochi won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Christian Noboa has been the most prolific scorer on Sochi in his last five matches with three goals. Nikolay Komlichenko has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Rostov.