📊 Form Guide

CSKA Moscow

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CSKA Moscow fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-2 Premier League triumph against Akron Tolyatti.

In that match, CSKA Moscow had 55% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For CSKA Moscow, the scorers were Luciano Gondou (5') and Danil Krugovoy (84'). At the other end, Akron Tolyatti had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Artem Dzyuba (60') was the scorer for Akron Tolyatti.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that CSKA Moscow haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that CSKA Moscow have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals during that time. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be sustained here.

Coming into this meeting, CSKA Moscow haven't lost in the league to Sochi in their previous 3 matches.

Sochi

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After being beaten in their last game against Rubin Kazan in Premier League competition, Sochi and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Sochi had 53% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. Rubin Kazan had 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Ruslan Bezrukov (19') scored for Rubin Kazan.

Indicating their involvement in eventful matches, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the prior 6 games in which Sochi have taken to the pitch, making it an average of 3.67 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have hit 16 of these goals.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Sochi:

• have not beaten CSKA Moscow in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 07/05/2022 tells us that CSKA Moscow have won 3 of these games & Sochi 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 from Armeytsy and 7 being from Belo-sinie. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league game featuring the two was Premier League match day 9 on 22/09/2025 when it ended Sochi 1-3 CSKA Moscow.

That time, Sochi had 39% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Anton Zinkovskiy (39').

On the other side, CSKA Moscow got 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ivan Oblyakov (58', 68') and Matvey Kislyak (95') scored.

The match was refereed by Aleksey Sukhoy.

ℹ️ Team News: CSKA Moscow

It seems likely that Armeytsy will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for the game, utilising Igor Akinfeev, Milan Gajic, Matvey Lukin, Kirill Danilov, Danil Krugovoy, Matvey Kislyak, Dmitriy Barinov, Henrique Carmo, Ivan Oblyakov, Kirill Glebov and Luciano Gondou.

📰 Team News: Sochi

There’s a good chance that Belo-sinie will likely make use of a 3-4-3 lineup, giving starts to Yuriy Dyupin, A. Soldatenkov, Marcelo Alves, Vyacheslav Litvinov, Sergey Volkov, Maksim Mukhin, Aleksandr Kovalenko, Kirill Zaika, Gustavo Furtado, Zakhar Fedorov and Mikhail Ignatov.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, CSKA Moscow will probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, Sochi are also probably going to find it difficult to score a goal of their own although we do reckon that they could well end up pulling one back during this clash.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 3-1 victory for CSKA Moscow at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 10:15 12/04/2026