3rd position in the FNL table for Olimpiyets so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Baltika visits Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Baltika have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Olimpiyets form and stats
Olimpiyets, who have the most points (19) at home in FNL, have performed here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod this season with 6 wins from 8 FNL matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena. After failing to beat Spartak Vladikavkaz here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, Olimpiyets has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
It's back home for Olimpiyets, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Krasnodar II away with the result 3-2. A. Sapeta, A. Stavpets and A. Popov found the net in that victory. A 0-0 draw away in the Russian Cup before that, with Zenit Irkutsk the opponent.
An impressive turnaround for Olimpiyets in the match against Krasnodar II as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. A. Stavpets scored the final goal. The victory against Krasnodar II came after A. Stavpets's winning goal. The Olimpiyets manager R. Evdokimov was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 65th minute.
There will be little rest for Olimpiyets after this match as they are travelling to Veles for a FNL game in only four days.
Olimpiyets have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod 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. Olimpiyets have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Baltika form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their FNL travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Baltika, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Baltika won their last game, 1-0 versus Yenisey played at home. Before that, Baltika travelled to Orenburg and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
A new game in only three days for Baltika, the FNL home match versus Chertanovo. Busy days.
Baltika have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Baltika are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Olimpiyets won three, Baltika won three and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Andrade Rodrigues 5 goals | Y. Kazaev 4 goals |   I. Gorbunov 3 goals |
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| Olimpiyets | Baltika | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 71% | 85% |
| 62% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 57% | 54% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 54% | 62% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| 23% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 113 | 60 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 56 | 143 |
| 45 | 25 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 24 | 57 |
| 42% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 29% | 25% |
- Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olimpiyets has the most points (19) at home in FNL
- Olimpiyets has the most points from losing position (7) in FNL
- Olimpiyets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olimpiyets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olimpiyets is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva II | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Olimpiyets | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 5 | Veles | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Torpedo Moskva | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | Baltika | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | Chayka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | SKA Khabarovsk | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 14 | Tekstilshchik | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Akron | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Yenisey | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Fakel | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Shinnik | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -12 | 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 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -14 | 3 |