Ural hosts Krasnodar in round 1 of the Russian Premier League. The match will be played on Sunday, July 25th at Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg)
Ural is a tough middle peasant of the RPL. The team does not consist exclusively of footballers with Russian citizenship. There are several solid legionnaires on whom the quality of the game and the result largely depend. For example, Romanian Erik Bikfalvi, who wears the captain's armband and is always aimed at the attack. Or the Pole Rafal Augustyniak, who played 25 matches in the Russian championship last season. The Ural men cannot take the previous RPL draw into their assets. The club took the final 12th place with only seven victories in 30 matches. Ural turned out to be the most peaceful RPL team (13 draws). In the summer such experienced players as Pogrebnyak and Strannberg left the club. The proper reinforcement has not yet followed.
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Krasnodar has the fourth most expensive roster in the RPL. The average age of football players is 27.5. By the way, this is the 3rd best in the league. Previously, the team fought for prizes. But last season turned out to be a failure. The club took only 10th place in the standings. 45 goals conceded is the worst indicator among the TOP-10. Even Khimki and Akhmat conceded significantly less. Despite the poor results, Viktor Goncharenko continues to train the Bulls. In the summer, four players left the club. Striker Marcus Berg was a serious loss. For two seasons in a row, the Swede scored nine goals in the RPL. He is 34 years old and has joined Goteborg as a free agent. His place was taken by the 29-year-old newcomer and ex-player of Akhmat Vladimir Ilyin, who scored nine goals in 28 matches of the previous season.
As you can see, the teams have slightly updated their rosters. Super-productive, bright and attacking football is hardly worth waiting for. Ural is the home team. In the previous season of the Russian Premier League, the Orange-and-Blacks lost only three times at home. In turn, Krasnodar lost nine out of 15 away matches. Ural is the leader in terms of Under 2.5 goals scored. In the previous RPL draw, 22 out of 33 rounds with such an outcome, and the average total was only 2.1. The Bulls play every second away match with Under 2.5 goals scored. At the start of the 2020/2021 season, the teams crossed paths already in the 4th round. Then Ural won 1: 0 at home, and the teams delivered only six shots on target. We think that the fans are unlikely to see a large number of goals in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals scored
