Akron hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 17 points and a 18th position in the FNL table. Visiting Volgar Astrakhan holds 13th place with 27 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Akron and Volgar Astrakhan.
Akron form and stats
When playing at home in the FNL, Akron have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Akron faced defeat in their previous match, away at Krylya Sovetov (0-3). Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Tekstilshchik.
The game against Krylya Sovetov was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
The manager D. Emelyanov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shinnik in only three days.
Akron have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Akron's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
There's been little loot from Volgar Astrakhan's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the FNL. Volgar Astrakhan only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Volgar Astrakhan's last three away games as they have all been lost.
D. Vorobjev, A. Pogosov and R. Loktionov scored in Astrakhan's previous match, the home game against Torpedo Moskva that ended 3-2. Prior to that match, the Astrakhan manager V. Panov faced defeat when travelling to Shinnik and losing 1-2.
A quick return to home after this game, as Astrakhan are hosting Baltika in the FNL only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Astrakhan as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Astrakhan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vorobyev 10 goals | A. Pogosov 4 goals |  A. Geryugov 3 goals |
Akron missing players
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
| Akron | Volgar Astrakhan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 16 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 31 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 60% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 75% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 15% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 10% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 30% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 25% |
| 55% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 161 | 74 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 97 | 205 |
| 68 | 35 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 25 | 69 |
| 19% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 28% | 35% |
- Akron have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Akron haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpiyets | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 30 | 42 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 40 |
| 5 | Veles | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 37 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | Baltika | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva II | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | SKA Khabarovsk | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Chayka | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 23 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Fakel | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 18 | Akron | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Irtysh | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 14 |
| 21 | Shinnik | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 13 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 11 |