Neftekhimik perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Tekstilshchik can look both up and down from their 10th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tekstilshchik play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Tekstilshchik when playing on grass are 5 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats from 19 matches. They have scored 20 goals and conceded 29 times in these games.
Neftekhimik form and stats
Neftekhimik, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in FNL, are steadily winning FNL games and points here at Stadion Neftekhimik. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Neftekhimik are confident in defense, having played 199 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Neftekhimik's previous game was a FNL match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Tekstilshchik (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the match before that, Neftekhimik hosted Spartak Vladikavkaz and drew the game 0-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Neftekhimik played a great game against Tekstilshchik and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Neftekhimik have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost three.
Neftekhimik have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Neftekhimik with 11 goals in 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Neftekhimik have only let in 2 goals at home.
Tekstilshchik form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their FNL travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tekstilshchik are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Tekstilshchik have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 197 minutes ago. A. Ageev was the goal scorer.
Tekstilshchik are travelling again after losing away to Neftekhimik in their previous match (0-4). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dinamo Bryansk wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Tekstilshchik lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Tekstilshchik are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tekstilshchik as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Tekstilshchik have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Neftekhimik - Tekstilshchik 4-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Neftekhimik won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Tekstilshchik has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  K. Appaev 4 goals |  I. Petrov 2 goals |  M. Uridia 2 goals |
Neftekhimik missing players
Tekstilshchik missing players
| Neftekhimik | Tekstilshchik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 80% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 10% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 70% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 40% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 110 | 95 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 61 | 103 |
| 31 | 29 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 20 | 37 |
| 39% | 38% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 30% |
- Neftekhimik has the fewest conceded goals (3) in FNL
- Neftekhimik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tekstilshchik have scored away.
- Tekstilshchik 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 | Orenburg | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 22 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva II | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Neftekhimik | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Olimpiyets | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Baltika | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Veles | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | SKA Khabarovsk | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Tekstilshchik | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Torpedo Moskva | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Chayka | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bryansk | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Volgar Astrakhan | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 17 | Fakel | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Shinnik | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 19 | Akron | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 7 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 2 |
| 22 | Irtysh | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -18 | 2 |