Week 27 brings us a match on Apr 30th, where Sochi will travel to Kazan’ to battle Rubin Kazan’ in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 11th placed Rubin Kazan’, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arsenal Tula. Aleksandr Lomovitski struck first for Rubin Kazan’ in the 22nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arsenal Tula couldn’t manage to score, and Rubin Kazan’ took the shutout win. Rubin Kazan’ looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Sochi, recorded a 3-2 win against Akhmat Grozny. Lechii Sadulaev scored the first goal for Akhmat Grozny in the 31st minute, then in the 53rd minute, Timofey Margasov sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mateo Cassierra But luckily in the 84th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Sergey Terekhov. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sochi should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Rubin Kazan’ and Sochi last played eachother at the Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht on the 21st of November. Rubin Kazan’ won by a score of 2 to 1. Rodrigão Prado scored the first goal for Sochi in the 27th minute, but Oliver Abildgaard got the equalizer for Rubin Kazan’ in the 31st minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 81st minute on a goal by Anders Dreyer to cap off a wild match.
Both Artur Yusupov and Mateo Cassierra have been the hottest scorers for Sochi in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Rubin Kazan’ hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Konstantin Kuchaev and Tikhiy, and they each have 1 goal.