Week 15 brings us a match on Oct 30th, where Sochi hosts Ural in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sochi is fresh off their 0-7 blowout loss against Zenit. Ivan Sergeev scored the first goal for Zenit in the 2nd minute, then Malcom added another in the 11th minute on a feed from Wendel At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sochi couldn’t manage to score, and Zenit took the shutout win. Sochi is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while ural sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Krylya Sovetov. Aleksey Kashtanov scored the first goal for Ural in the 26th minute on a penalty, then Yuri Gazinskiy added another in the 64th minute. Ural is looking for direction having earned 16 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 1 win.
For Ural, their top scorers are Lazar Randjelović and Aleksey Kashtanov, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Both Joãozinho and Christian Noboa have been the hottest scorers for Sochi in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.