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Ural

FNL

Russian Cup Russia

Premier League Play-offs

Founded:	1930
Stadium:	Ekaterinburg Arena
Coach:	Dmytro Parfenov
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Ural home ground venue is Ekaterinburg Arena.

Dmytro Parfenov is the current coach for Ural.

Ural Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Ural have played a total of 30 matches in Russia Premier League. Their current statistics is 8 win, 6 draw and 16 lose.

Ural did not win their last seven matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Ural results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2016/2017.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Ural	30	8	6	16

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
21/05/2017	Ufa	1 - 0	Ural	1-0	H2H	O	+
Kehinde Fatai 38'		1 - 0
			59' Nikolay Dimitrov
			59' Edgar Manucharyan
A. Zaseev 72'
Vladimir Zubarev 72'
Ivan Paurević 79'
Catalin Carp 79'
			83' R. Emeljanov
			83' Aleksandr Pavlenko
Kehinde Fatai 85'
Nikolai Safronidi 85'
			89' Artyom Fidler
			89' A. Shcherbakov
17/05/2017	Ural	1 - 2	Lokomotiv Moskva	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	33' Nemanja Pejcinovic
		0 - 2	44' Manuel Fernandes
Edgar Manucharyan 46'
C. Lungu 46'
			53' Anton Miranchuk
Chisamba Lungu 56'
C. Lungu 56'
			60' Anton Miranchuk
			64' Aleksey Miranchuk
Solomon Kvirkvelia 78'		1 - 2
			79' Aleksey Miranchuk
			79' Dmitri Barinov
Vladimir Iljin 83'
			87' Taras Mykhalyk
			87' Timofey Margasov
			90+4' Dmitri Tarasov
			90+5' Manuel Fernandes
			90+5' Alexander Kolomeitsev
13/05/2017	Ural	1 - 1	Krasnodar	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jemal Tabidze 37'
Aleksandr Novikov 37'
Naldo 42'		1 - 0
			46' Ilya Zhigulev
			46' Pavel Mamaev
			50' Mauricio Pereyra
Aleksandr Pavlenko 58'
Artyom Fidler 58'
			61' Mauricio Pereyra
			61' Joãozinho
			64' Naldo
Edgar Manucharyan 68'
C. Lungu 68'
			76' Vitaliy Kaleshin
			76' Cristian Ramírez
		1 - 1	90+2' Viktor Claesson
			90+4' Dmitriy Torbinskiy
08/05/2017	Ural	1 - 3	Krylya Sovetov	1-0	H2H	O	+
Vladimir Iljin 2'		1 - 0
			27' Sergey Tkachev
			37' S. Kornilenko
			46' José Nadson
			46' C. Pasquato
		1 - 1	54' Gianni Bruno
			64' Sergey Bozhin
		1 - 2	75' Gianni Bruno
			78' Sergey Tkachev
			78' A. Chochiev
C. Lungu 79'
N. Glushkov 79'
Edgar Manucharyan 81'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 81'
			87' Gianni Bruno
			87' Evgeny Bashkirov
		1 - 3	89' C. Pasquato
29/04/2017	Akhmat Grozny	5 - 2	Ural	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	21' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Ablaye Mbengue 33'		1 - 1
			36' Radovan Pankov
			46' Roman Pavlyuchenko
			46' Edgar Manucharyan
			46' Denys Kulakov
			46' Aleksandr Novikov
Magomed Mitrishev 46'
Gabriel Torje 46'
			56' A. Shcherbakov
Ablaye Mbengue 63'		2 - 1
Ablaye Mbengue 66'
Zaur Sadayev 66'
Zaur Sadayev 67'		3 - 1
			68' A. Lomakin
			68' A. Yusupov
Norbert Gyomber 75'
Magomed Ozdoev 75'
Igor Lebedenko 83'		4 - 1
		4 - 2	87' Edgar Manucharyan
Milad Mohammadi 90+2'		5 - 2
25/04/2017	Spartak Moskva	1 - 0	Ural	1-0	H2H	O	+
Fernando 23'		1 - 0
			46' Dominik Dinga
			46' Edgar Manucharyan
Ivelin Popov 51'
Ivelin Popov 71'
Jano Ananidze 71'
			73' Gregor Balazic
			77' Dmitri Korobov
			77' S. Serchenkov
			82' Nikolay Dimitrov
			82' A. Lomakin
Aleksandr Samedov 88'
Georgi Tigiev 88'
22/04/2017	Zenit	2 - 0	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
			23' Eric Bicfalvi
			40' R. Emeljanov
A. Kokorin 44'
Oleg Shatov 44'
Artur Yusupov 53'
Y. Mollo 53'
			60' Eric Bicfalvi
			61' Roman Pavlyuchenko
			61' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Yury Zhirkov 63'
Luís Neto 63'
			68' C. Lungu
			68' Mikhail Merkulov
Branislav Ivanović 86'		1 - 0
			86' R. Emeljanov
Artem Dzyuba 86'
Domenico Criscito 89'
Y. Mollo 90+3'		2 - 0
16/04/2017	Ural	1 - 0	Tom' Tomsk	1-0	H2H	O	+
Aleksandr Dantsev 34'
Eric Bicfalvi 40'		1 - 0
C. Lungu 63'
Edgar Manucharyan 63'
Nikolay Dimitrov 70'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 70'
			72' D. Bolshunov
			72' Alexander Naumenko
Artyom Fidler 82'
Dmitri Korobov 82'
			84' D. Osipov
			84' Mark Karymov
			87' D. Sasin
			89' A. Makurin
10/04/2017	Ural	2 - 0	Orenburg	1-0	H2H	O	+
Aleksandr Novikov 21'
			25' Vladimir Poluyakhtov
Vladimir Iljin 26'		1 - 0
			40' Andrey Malykh
Aleksandr Novikov 46'
Dominik Dinga 46'
			57' V. Parnyakov
			57' D. Efremov
Edgar Manucharyan 63'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 63'
			64' M. Grigorjev
			64' A. Sanaya
			67' Blagoy Zhorev Georgiev
Dmitri Korobov 77'
Aleksandr Pavlenko 77'
Artyom Fidler 82'
			83' Andrey Malykh
			83' Elguja Lobjanidze
			87' Adesoye Oyevole
C. Lungu 90'		2 - 0
31/03/2017	Anzhi	2 - 3	Ural	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	22' Vladimir Iljin
			34' R. Emeljanov
			45+1' Aleksandr Dantsev
Sergey Bryzgalov 46'
Shamil Gasanov 46'
Aleksander Prudnikov 49'		1 - 1
			50' C. Lungu
			50' Edgar Manucharyan
Arsen Khubulov 53'		2 - 1
			53' Edgar Manucharyan
		2 - 2	57' Shamil Gasanov
			61' Eric Bicfalvi
Arsen Khubulov 63'
A. Dudiev 63'
Adlan Katsayev 75'
Pavel Yakovlev 75'
			77' Aleksandr Dantsev
			77' Mikhail Merkulov
Thomas Phibel 83'
			84' Edgar Manucharyan
		2 - 3	88' Edgar Manucharyan
18/03/2017	Ural	1 - 0	Rubin Kazan	1-0	H2H	O	+
Vladimir Iljin 11'		1 - 0
Edgar Manucharyan 68'
Dmitri Korobov 68'
			68' Elmir Nabiullin
			68' D. Tkachuk
Eric Bicfalvi 69'
			69' Rifat Zhemaletdinov
			69' M. Lestienne
			80' Jonathas
Dmitri Korobov 83'
Dmitri Korobov 83'
Nikolay Dimitrov 87'
S. Serchenkov 87'
Vladimir Iljin 90+2'
Jean-Jacques Bougouhi 90+2'
10/03/2017	Arsenal Tula	2 - 0	Ural	1-0	H2H	O	+
Moussa Doumbia 3'
F. Rasic 19'		1 - 0
F. Rasic 49'
			52' Artyom Fidler
			61' Vladimir Iljin
			61' Edgar Manucharyan
			61' Gregor Balazic
F. Rasic 62'		2 - 0
			65' Gregor Balazic
F. Rasic 74'
Igor Shevchenko 74'
Nikita Burmistrov 76'
Moussa Doumbia 81'
Oleg Vlasov 81'
Igor Gorbatenko 90+2'
Vadim Steklov 90+2'
05/03/2017	Ural	1 - 0	Amkar Perm'	1-0	H2H	O	+
			27' S. Condé
Eric Bicfalvi 32'		1 - 0
Vladimir Iljin 36'
			36' N. Zaytsev
			61' Mikhail Kostyukov
			61' A. Gasilin
Nikolay Dimitrov 72'
Edgar Manucharyan 72'
			75' Pavel Komolov
			75' David Khurtsidze
			82' Bryan Idowu
			82' Stanislav Prokofev
C. Lungu 87'
Aleksandr Stavpets 87'
Nikolay Zabolotnyi 90+2'
03/12/2016	CSKA Moskva	4 - 0	Ural	4-0	H2H	O	+
Lacina Traoré 25'		1 - 0
Lacina Traoré 35'		2 - 0
			37' Aleksandr Novikov
Bibras Natcho 38'		3 - 0
Fedor Chalov 40'		4 - 0
Fedor Chalov 46'
Alan Dzagoev 46'
			54' Aleksandr Novikov
			54' Mikhail Merkulov
			65' Aleksandr Pavlenko
			65' S. Podoksenov
			67' P. Fontanello
Mário Fernandes 68'
Kirill Nababkin 68'
Lacina Traoré 80'
C. Strandberg 80'
			83' C. Lungu
			83' V. Khozin
30/11/2016	Ural	1 - 0	Rostov	1-0	H2H	O	+
			29' Andrei Prepelita
C. Lungu 38'		1 - 0
C. Lungu 38'
			55' Papa Gueye
C. Lungu 61'
Mikhail Merkulov 61'
			73' Khoren Bayramyan
			73' Moussa Doumbia
Aleksandr Novikov 88'
Aleksandr Stavpets 88'
Dmitri Korobov 90+3'
S. Podoksenov 90+3'
26/11/2016	Lokomotiv Moskva	1 - 1	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
			8' Aleksandr Stavpets
			42' Aleksandr Pavlenko
Vedran Ćorluka 43'
			46' Aleksandr Stavpets
			46' Dmitri Korobov
V. Denisov 50'
Alan Kasaev 56'
Artem Galadzhan 56'
			58' Giorgi Chanturia
			58' S. Serchenkov
Aleksey Miranchuk 75'
Petar Skuletic 75'
Nemanja Pejcinovic 85'		1 - 0
Manuel Fernandes 90'
Taras Mykhalyk 90'
		1 - 1	90+2' Artyom Fidler
20/11/2016	Krasnodar	3 - 0	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
			19' Aleksandr Dantsev
Ari 46'
Fedor Smolov 46'
Vladimir Bystrov 61'
Odil Akhmedov 61'
			61' Dmitri Korobov
			61' Aleksandr Pavlenko
			64' S. Podoksenov
Yuriy Gazinskiy 66'		1 - 0
Fedor Smolov 71'		2 - 0
			72' S. Podoksenov
			72' Aleksandr Stavpets
Joãozinho 74'		3 - 0
Mauricio Pereyra 81'
Dmitriy Torbinskiy 81'
			86' C. Lungu
			86' Jean-Jacques Bougouhi
05/11/2016	Krylya Sovetov	2 - 2	Ural	1-1	H2H	O	+
			2' Aleksandr Dantsev
			9' Denys Kulakov
			15' R. Emeljanov
			15' S. Podoksenov
		0 - 1	22' Dmitri Korobov
Milan Rodic 37'
S. Kornilenko 45+2'		1 - 1
S. Kornilenko 65'		2 - 1
			70' Roman Pavlyuchenko
C. Pasquato 71'
A. Chochiev 71'
		2 - 2	73' Giorgi Chanturia
Evgeny Bashkirov 74'
			82' C. Lungu
			82' S. Serchenkov
Dmitri Yatchenko 86'
B. Sadik 86'
			89' Giorgi Chanturia
			89' Aleksandr Stavpets
			90' Artyom Fidler
30/10/2016	Ural	1 - 4	Akhmat Grozny	1-1	H2H	O	+
Giorgi Chanturia 11'		1 - 0
Giorgi Chanturia 33'
Dmitri Korobov 33'
		1 - 1	43' B. Balaj
Aleksandr Pavlenko 46'
S. Podoksenov 46'
			55' Oleg Ivanov
		1 - 2	56' B. Balaj
		1 - 3	59' Dominik Dinga
C. Lungu 63'
Mikhail Merkulov 63'
			72' Odise Roshi
			72' G. Grozav
			72' Igor Lebedenko
			72' Magomed Mitrishev
			83' B. Balaj
			83' Ablaye Mbengue
		1 - 4	90+1' Ablaye Mbengue
22/10/2016	Ural	0 - 1	Spartak Moskva	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	48' L. Melgarejo
			72' I. Kutepov
			73' Ivelin Popov
			73' Artem Timofeev
S. Podoksenov 79'
Aleksandr Pavlenko 79'
Aleksandr Stavpets 84'
Mohamed Konaté 84'
Denys Kulakov 85'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 87'
			90+2' L. Melgarejo
			90+2' Aleksandr Zuev
16/10/2016	Ural	0 - 2	Zenit	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	22' Oleg Shatov
Giorgi Chanturia 54'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 54'
Giorgi Chanturia 56'
Aleksandr Stavpets 56'
			69' Giuliano
			69' Artur Yusupov
			69' Luís Neto
			75' Oleg Shatov
			75' Robert Mak
R. Emeljanov 76'
Georgiy Zhukov 76'
P. Fontanello 79'
Dominik Dinga 79'
			87' Javi García
			87' Maurício
		0 - 2	89' Artur Yusupov
01/10/2016	Tom' Tomsk	1 - 1	Ural	1-1	H2H	O	+
Aleksey Pugin 23'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	45' P. Fontanello
			51' Giorgi Chanturia
Ognjen Vranjes 55'
Kirill Kombarov 66'
Artem Popov 66'
			71' Roman Pavlyuchenko
			71' Mohamed Konaté
			76' Aleksandr Pavlenko
			76' S. Podoksenov
L. Droppa 77'
Sergey Samodin 81'
Kirill Pogrebnyak 81'
L. Droppa 84'
Sergey Kuznetsov 84'
			90' R. Emeljanov
			90+3' Giorgi Chanturia
			90+3' Aleksandr Stavpets
25/09/2016	Orenburg	0 - 1	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Bamba 45+1'
			45+1' Artyom Fidler
Blagoy Zhorev Georgiev 46'
Aleksey Pomerko 46'
		0 - 1	60' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Y. Bamba 62'
M. Batov 62'
D. Efremov 72'
A. Delkin 72'
			80' Roman Pavlyuchenko
			80' Mohamed Konaté
			84' Aleksandr Pavlenko
			84' S. Podoksenov
			88' C. Lungu
			88' Aleksandr Stavpets
Maksim Batov 90'
M. Batov 90'
17/09/2016	Ural	0 - 1	Anzhi	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	25' G. Obertan
			65' Bernard Berisha
			65' P. Budkivskyi
Giorgi Chanturia 67'
Mohamed Konaté 67'
			75' G. Obertan
			75' Ivo Iličević
S. Serchenkov 78'
Aleksandr Dantsev 78'
Dominik Dinga 85'
Aleksandr Pavlenko 85'
			87' Sergey Parshivlyuk
			89' Sergey Parshivlyuk
			89' Georgi Tigiev
			90+1' Ivo Iličević
12/09/2016	Rubin Kazan	3 - 1	Ural	1-0	H2H	O	+
			18' R. Emeljanov
Aleksandr Novikov 29'		1 - 0
Elmir Nabiullin 37'
			65' Aleksandr Novikov
			65' Giorgi Chanturia
Jonathas 67'
M. Lestienne 67'
D. Tkachuk 70'		2 - 0
			72' Dmitri Korobov
			72' Georgiy Zhukov
M. Lestienne 76'		3 - 0
			77' Roman Pavlyuchenko
			81' Artyom Fidler
			81' Aleksandr Pavlenko
Rubén Rochina 84'
Rifat Zhemaletdinov 84'
		3 - 1	87' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Elmir Nabiullin 90+1'
T. Burlak 90+1'
28/08/2016	Ural	1 - 1	Arsenal Tula	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	48' Oleg Vlasov
			57' Aleksandr Denisov
Aleksandr Pavlenko 63'
Giorgi Chanturia 63'
Aleksandr Dantsev 68'
Dmitri Korobov 68'
			69' Vladislav Ryzhkov
			69' Emmanuel Frimpong
Georgiy Zhukov 78'
Roman Pavlyuchenko 78'
			79' Igor Shevchenko
			79' A. Gorbanets
			85' Andrey Gorbanets
			85' A. Gorbanets
C. Lungu 87'		1 - 1
			90+3' Emmanuel Frimpong
			90+3' Khyzyr Appaev
			90+5' Aleksandr Filtsov
21/08/2016	Amkar Perm'	1 - 0	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
			59' Aleksandr Stavpets
			59' Dmitri Korobov
Darko Bodul 63'		1 - 0
			67' Artyom Fidler
			67' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Darko Bodul 72'
Pavel Komolov 72'
			77' Mikhail Merkulov
			77' Aleksandr Pavlenko
S. Balanovich 80'
Branko Jovicic 80'
Alikhan Shavaev 87'
David Khurtsidze 87'
13/08/2016	Ural	0 - 1	CSKA Moskva	0-0	H2H	O	+
C. Lungu 19'
			62' Alan Dzagoev
			62' Bibras Natcho
			66' Aleksandr Golovin
			66' Aleksey Ionov
			71' Z. Tošić
			71' Georgi Milanov
Dmitri Korobov 72'
Georgiy Zhukov 72'
C. Lungu 79'
Aleksandr Stavpets 79'
		0 - 1	90+4' Georgi Milanov
07/08/2016	Rostov	0 - 0	Ural	0-0	H2H	O	+
Sardar Azmoun 22'
			25' Artyom Fidler
Aleksandr Gațcan 25'
			25' Roman Pavlyuchenko
Aleksandr Bukharov 45+2'
			56' R. Emeljanov
			65' P. Fontanello
Aleksandr Bukharov 68'
Aleksandr Erokhin 68'
			75' Dmitri Korobov
			75' Giorgi Chanturia
Timofey Kalachev 79'
Saeid Ezatolahi 79'
			82' C. Lungu
			82' Aleksandr Stavpets
31/07/2016	Ural	2 - 0	Ufa	2-0	H2H	O	+
R. Emeljanov 5'		1 - 0
Aleksandr Dantsev 38'
			40' Ondrej Vanek
Roman Pavlyuchenko 43'		2 - 0
			44' Dmitri Stotskiy
			46' Nikolai Safronidi
			46' P. Alikin
Aleksandr Pavlenko 53'
Dmitri Korobov 53'
			61' Marcinho
			61' Islamnur Abdulavov
			77' I. Bezdenezhnykh
			77' Ivan Oblyakov
Roman Pavlyuchenko 79'
Giorgi Chanturia 79'
C. Lungu 87'
Aleksandr Stavpets 87'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Ural in Premier League.

Statistics & Analysis of Ural

R. Pavlyuchenko is the leading top goal scorer for Ural with 4 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	4
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	7
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	9
Matches under 2.25 goals	21
Matches First Half Over 0.5	21
Matches First Half Under 0.5	9
Matches odd	16
Matches even	14
Average goals scored	0.8
Average goals allowed	1.47
Failure to score	12
Biggest victory	2 - 0
Biggest defeat	4 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	3
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (7%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	R. Pavlyuchenko
Top Assist	D. Kulakov

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Ural Squad

Detailed statistics of each Ural player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Ural top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Dmitry Arapov	630	7	0	0	0	0	0
2	Vladimir Khozin	7	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	Jemal Tabidze	217	3	0	1	0	0	0
4	Gregor Balažic	965	11	0	0	0	2	1
5	Dominik Dinga	1626	20	2	2	0	0	0
6	Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi	780	9	0	0	2	3	1
7	Aleksandr Dantsev	2317	27	1	2	0	5	0
8	Alexander Pavlenko	982	19	7	7	0	1	0
9	Roman Pavlyuchenko	1418	21	5	4	4	6	1
10	Chisamba Lungu	2294	29	2	14	3	3	0
11	Alexander Stavpets	361	14	10	3	0	1	0
12	Aleksandr Novikov	1340	17	2	4	0	2	0
13	Radovan Pankov	450	5	0	0	0	1	0
14	Jean-Jacques Bougouhi	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
15	Denis Kulakov	2656	30	0	1	0	2	0
16	Aleksandr Shubin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Nikolay Emilov Dimitrov	1000	12	0	5	0	0	0
18	Vladimir Ilyin	1051	12	0	2	4	2	0
25	Georgiy Zhukov	128	4	3	1	0	0	0
27	Mikhail Merkulov	654	11	5	1	0	0	0
28	Nikolai Zabolotnyi	1980	22	0	0	0	1	0
29	Pablo Ezequiel Fontanello	1429	16	0	1	1	2	0
32	Nikita Glushkov	101	2	1	0	0	0	0
39	Giorgi Chanturia	651	12	4	6	2	2	0
53	Sergey Podoksenov	405	9	6	2	0	1	0
57	Artem Fidler	2061	24	1	4	1	5	0
62	Rezo Ghavtadze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Dmitriy Korobov	1015	17	7	7	1	1	0
79	Artem Yusupov	22	1	1	0	0	0	0
80	Aleksandr Lomakin	76	2	1	1	0	0	0
85	Sergey Serchenkov	224	6	4	1	0	0	0
86	Mohamed Konaté	58	4	4	0	0	0	0
90	Aleksandr Shcherbakov	91	2	1	0	0	1	0
92	Roman Emelyanov	1970	23	0	3	1	5	1
96	Andrey Timofeev	90	1	0	0	0	0	0
99	Edgar Manucharyan	559	12	7	5	2	1	0

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Only been on the site a little while but having fun,I'm not new to betting on football and the site enables me to try different things without risking real money.I have 1 aim here and that's to be consistant

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Žalgiris vs Hegelmann Litauen

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Lens vs Lorient

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Žalgiris vs Hegelmann Litauen

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.