Ural (home)
- Shmeli are flying under the leadership of Sergey Yuran, who has had a clear positive impact since taking over on 12 June 2026.
- The side have played like a promotion candidate in their first six matches of the campaign and should boss this one against a struggling Red-blacks side.
- Ural's last three games have seen them travel to SKA-Khabarovsk and win 3-0, beat FC Ufa at home by the same margin and then come back from Volgograd with a 1-1 draw against Rotor.
- They've averaged 2.00 goals per match scored and conceded just 0.33 in Yekaterinburg so far in FNL 2026/2027 and their 11 points ranks third.
Red-blacks (away)
- Red-blacks have been far less effective with just three points in their six games, a run of 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in their last five.
- The visitors are 16th with three points from the same number of matches.
Key Players
- Nikita Pershin
- The main attacking threat for Red-blacks is Nikita Pershin with 2 goals in his six FNL outings so far.
- He's scored two of his side's three goals across their last five games, so it is highly likely they will have to rely on him to nick one at some point if they are to be competitive in this fixture.
- Martin Sekulic
- In contrast, Ural have looked sharp and balanced in attack, with Martin Sekulic their main danger man with 3 goals from 6 in FNL 2026/2027, he's also scored 3 of their 10 goals across the last 5 games.
Betting Insights
Ural are clear favourites for this game at 1.38 with the away team coming in at 9.55 and the draw at 4.57 , which does seem a little low to us, but the home side should be able to control the game and we'll take the odds on both teams to not score .
Prediction
The match odds seem very fair and we'd recommend taking a bet on Ural to come out on top and keep a relatively clean sheet in the process.
