In a weekend match on Sun Dec 5th, in week 17, Krasnodar will travel to Sochi to battle Sochi in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Sochi sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Ural. Rafał Augustyniak struck first for Ural in the 34th minute, then Christian Noboa tied it up for Sochi in the 68th minute earning them at least the one point. Sochi is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Krasnodar, recorded a 3-3 draw against Khimki. Viktor Claesson struck first for Krasnodar in the 6th minute on a feed from Jhon Córdoba, then Elmir Nabiullin got the equalizer for Khimki in the 54th minute on a feed from Ilya Kukharchuk . Krasnodar is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 26th, Krasnodar hosted Sochi in their last match together. Krasnodar won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 11000 spectators. Eduard Spertsyan struck first for Krasnodar in the 3rd minute, then Rémy Cabella added another in the 21st minute In the end, Sochi was frustrated by Krasnodar’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Krasnodar ended the match with the shutout victory.
Krasnodar is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Grzegorz Krychowiak and Vladimir Iljin each having 2 goals in their last 5. Sochi is glad to have Mateo Cassierra in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.