With their 19 point advantage in the league table, Veles fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Tom' Tomsk.
Veles have less rest than Tom' Tomsk in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Russian Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ural, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Veles form and stats
3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the FNL numbers at home for Veles so far this season.
The Veles fans got no joy from their last match, a Russian Cup game also here: A 1-3 defeat against Ural. Before that, Veles had a FNL home game versus Chertanovo which ended with a victory 3-0.
Veles are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at Irtysh awaits in three days.
The Veles fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Veles have conceded 13 from these games.
Tom' Tomsk form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tom' Tomsk, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in FNL, so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Tom' Tomsk seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
D. Davydov was the last player to score for the away team. Tomsk haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FNL home defeat versus Baltika with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Krasnodar II wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SKA Khabarovsk in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tom' Tomsk's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Tom' Tomsk in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Maksimenko 5 goals | I. Stefanovich 4 goals | I. Klimov 2 goals |
Veles missing players
Tom' Tomsk missing players
| Veles | Tom' Tomsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 81% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 56% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 31% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 144 | 61 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 35 | 103 |
| 66 | 26 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 33% | 46% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 14% |
- Tom' Tomsk has the fewest clean sheets (2) in FNL
- Tom' Tomsk has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in FNL
- Tom' Tomsk has the fewest scored goals (0) away in FNL
- Tom' Tomsk has the fewest scored goals (8) in FNL
- Tom' Tomsk has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in FNL
- Tom' Tomsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tom' Tomsk have failed to score a single goal away.
- Tom' Tomsk have yet to win a game away.
- Veles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Veles have scored more than double the goals of Tom' Tomsk.
- Veles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 35 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva II | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Veles | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Baltika | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Chayka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bryansk | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | SKA Khabarovsk | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Fakel | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Akron | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | Irtysh | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -15 | 12 |
| 21 | Shinnik | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 10 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -13 | 9 |