Football Bet of the Day: Sochi to sock Khimki

Sochi v FC Khimki
Friday 17:00

In Sweden yesterday, Hammarby delivered a blow to our hopes of a profitable week. They scored a 90th-minute winner to beat Norrkoping 2-1.

We're looking to bounce back in Russia, where one of tonight's Premier League games brings newly promoted FC Khimki to Sochi. The visitors lost the first match of their first top-flight campaign in 11 years 0-2 at home to CSKA Moscow. We fancy Sergey Yuran's men to lose the second one too.

Sochi came home 12th last season, but their home form improved dramatically when Vladimir Fedotov took the reins. Having gone W1-D2-L5 through their first eight games at Fisht Olympic Stadium, Fedotov lost his first home match in charge, then led the Leopards on a W5-D1-L0 run. At an odds-against price, we're backing them to bring that good form into the new campaign and overrun their newbie visitors.