In this week 13 match, on Sunday Oct 16th, Krylya Sovetov hosts Sochi in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 11th placed Krylya Sovetov is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Spartak Moscow. Ezhov struck first for Krylya Sovetov in the 6th minute, then Quincy Promes got the equalizer for Spartak Moscow in the 6th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Denisov Finally they completed the comback in the 61st minute on a goal by Aleksandr Sobolev to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sochi recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Locomotiv Moscow. Christian Noboa struck first for Sochi in the 33rd minute, then Joãozinho added another in the 67th minute on a feed from Kirill Ushatov In the end, Locomotiv Moscow couldn’t muster any offence and Sochi ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Sochi should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Krylya Sovetov won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Christian Noboa has been the most prolific scorer on Sochi in the last five matches with 3 goals. Krylya Sovetov is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sergey Pinyaev and Amar Rahmanović each only have 1 goal in their last 5.