About Match
Sochi go into the game 4th in the table on 19 points; FK Nizjni Novgorod sit 1st on 22 — a 3-point gap. On recent form FK Nizjni Novgorod sit only 5th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sochi 2 scored and 1.22 conceded per game, FK Nizjni Novgorod 3 and 1.44, with the league averaging 1.34. Victory would move Sochi to 22 points and up to 1st, overtaking FK Nizjni Novgorod, with other results unchanged.
Sochi enter with five wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
14 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Sochi 5, draws 2, FK Nizjni Novgorod 7, at 2.43 goals per meeting.
The match takes place at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (capacity 47,659).




