Home advantage could prove decisive in Torpedo Moskva - Olimpiyets battle

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Wed 23.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpiyskiy stadion Luzhniki (16500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Torpedo Moskva have their presumed home advantage while Olimpiyets are ahead 4 points in the FNL table.

It's no vacation for neither Torpedo nor Olimpiyets 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.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Olimpiyets's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Olimpiyets have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat with the goal stats 5-3 (scored/conceded).

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

Three FNL home games done for Torpedo Moskva, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Torpedo Moskva, their manager S. Ignashevich and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Torpedo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Olimpiyets (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home game against Orenburg that was lost 1-2.

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 Torpedo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost two.

Torpedo Moskva has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Torpedo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olimpiyets form and stats

Things could have gone better for Olimpiyets in their FNL away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The fact that Olimpiyets have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Olimpiyets, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Olimpiyets have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 279 minutes since they last conceded in FNL.

Two travels in a row for Olimpiyets, whose manager R. Evdokimov could celebrate last time after the FNL win against Torpedo Moskva. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Shinnik.

We have checked recent matches where Olimpiyets have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Olimpiyets's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Olimpiyets have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Torpedo Moskva victories, zero draws and two Olimpiyets wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo MoskvaI. Berkovskiy
I. Berkovskiy
4 goals
Torpedo MoskvaI. Lebedenko
I. Lebedenko
3 goals
OlimpiyetsI. Gorbunov
I. Gorbunov
3 goals

Torpedo Moskva missing players

Olimpiyets missing players

Torpedo Moskva Olimpiyets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 2 Played P 1 4 11
4 0 0 Won W 0 2 7
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
18 3 2 Scored S 0 2 12
10 5 3 Conceded C 1 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 45%
50% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 27%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 18%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 55%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 4.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
99 52 17 Total Shots T S 14 32 74
39 17 5 Shots on Target S O 6 12 30
41% 18% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 40%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Olimpiyets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Torpedo Moskva have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Torpedo Moskva have yet to win a game at home.
  • Torpedo Moskva 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 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

Read more about FNL

The Russian Football National League (FNL) is the second highest level of football in Russia. It was founded in 1992 and with the current format it holds 20 teams, including the reserve teams of some of the biggest Russian clubs. After the final league table is decided the top two are promoted directly while third and fourth have promotion playoff fixtures. The bottom five clubs are relegated.