A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Olimpiyets fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Akron's 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither Olimpiyets nor Akron as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Olimpiyets form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod as Olimpiyets, who have the most points (19) at home in FNL, have scored 13 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the FNL are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Olimpiyets has won five games in a row. The Krylya Sovetov match was the last time out without a victory. Ever since the Spartak Vladikavkaz game Olimpiyets has been unbeatable here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod producing four straight wins.
Olimpiyets are confident in defense, having played 459 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Olimpiyets's last game was hosting Akron (placed 19th) and winning 3-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Torpedo Moskva and winning 2-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Olimpiyets home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The Olimpiyets fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olimpiyets have only let in 3 goals at home.
Akron form and stats
Akron have only collected 2 points from their away games in the FNL, after 0-2-5 (7 played).
V. Pyanchenko was the last player to score for the away team. Akron haven't scored a league goal in the last 576 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Akron as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the FNL match against Olimpiyets (0-3). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Orenburg.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Akron played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Akron's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 7 matches. As opposed to that, Akron have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Olimpiyets - Akron 3-0 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  I. Gorbunov 3 goals |  K. Gotsuk 2 goals |  A. Sapeta 2 goals |
Olimpiyets missing players
Akron missing players
| Olimpiyets | Akron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 91% |
| 58% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 58% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 18% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 96 | 60 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 39 | 74 |
| 39 | 25 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 41% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 15% |
- Akron have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Akron have yet to win a game away.
- Akron is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Olimpiyets has the most points (19) at home in FNL
- Olimpiyets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Olimpiyets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olimpiyets have scored more than double the goals of Akron.
- Olimpiyets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva II | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| 7 | Veles | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Baltika | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Krasnodar II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Chayka | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Torpedo Moskva | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | SKA Khabarovsk | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tekstilshchik | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dinamo Bryansk | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Volgar Astrakhan | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Fakel | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Shinnik | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 19 | Akron | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 8 |
| 21 | Irtysh | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -17 | 5 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 3 |