In this 22nd week match, on Sun Mar 20th, Sochi will host Krylya Sovetov in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Sochi is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Khimki. Neither Khimki nor Sochi could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 5 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Sochi should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 8th placed Krylya Sovetov is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Zenit. Danil Krugovoy struck first for Zenit in the 86th minute on a feed from Daler Kuzyaev, then Mateo Barać got the equalizer for Krylya Sovetov in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Sergey Pinyaev earning Krylya Sovetov at least a draw. Krylya Sovetov is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Samara Arena, Krylya Sovetov won by a score of 1 to 0. Ivan Sergeev scored the first goal for Krylya Sovetov in the 33rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sochi couldn’t manage to score, and Krylya Sovetov took the shutout win.
Sergey Pinyaev and Ivan Sergeev are the top scorers for Krylya Sovetov in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Artur Yusupov and Christian Noboa have been the hottest scorers for Sochi in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.