Premier League preview: Can Krylya Sovetov edge out victory against Fakel?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

Premier League: High-level vs second-rate, at least according to the table. Krylya Sovetov - Fakel. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most scored goals (10) at home in Premier League
  • Fakel have lost all their away matches so far.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fakel, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

Seven points from three Premier League home games is a great start for Krylya Sovetov, who are hoping to build on that form here at Samara Arena.

The fans are hoping that Krylya Sovetov will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Russian Cup fixture against Akhmat Grozny.

Ahead of that match, Sovetov won a home game hosting Baltika (2-1).

Both teams score at least one goal! That has been the case in 6 league fixtures in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

It's goals goals goals for Krylya Sovetov who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Krylya Sovetov defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Fakel form and stats

It's not happening yet for Fakel on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different?

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fakel goalkeeper Vitaliy Gudiev is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Russian Cup home loss versus Orenburg with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Krasnodar in the Premier League.

The attacking power of Fakel when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the former nine meetings involving these two teams are: five wins for Krylya Sovetov, two draws and two wins for Fakel. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

SovetovB. Garré
B. Garré
3 goals
FakelE. Markov
E. Markov
3 goals
Krylya SovetovS. Babkin
S. Babkin
2 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Fakel missing players

Krylya Sovetov Fakel
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 3 6
3 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
14 10 7 Scored S 0 2 5
9 5 2 Conceded C 2 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
83% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 50%
33% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 67% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 33%
 
5.3 2.3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5
5.2 7 9 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.5
2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 12.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10.3 11.7
5.5 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.3 3.7
42% 59% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 23%
 
11 11.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.3 12.8
3.2 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Fakel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Krylya Sovetov's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fakel have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Fakel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Krylya Sovetov have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Krylya Sovetov have scored more than double the goals of Fakel.
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most scored goals (10) at home in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Krylya Sovetov 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 Krasnodar 6 4 2 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 7 14
2 Zenit 6 4 1 1 14 5 3 2 0 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 6 2 9 13
3 Ural 6 4 1 1 8 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 13
4 Krylya Sovetov 6 3 2 1 14 9 3 2 1 0 10 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 11
5 Dinamo Moskva 6 3 2 1 13 11 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 8 7 2 11
6 CSKA Moskva 6 3 1 2 13 9 2 2 0 0 7 2 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 10
7 Spartak Moskva 6 3 1 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 2 10
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 6 2 3 1 10 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 9
9 Akhmat Grozny 6 2 1 3 9 8 3 1 0 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 7
10 Olimpiyets 6 2 1 3 3 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 -2 7
11 Rostov 6 2 1 3 7 12 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 1 10 -5 7
12 Sochi 6 2 0 4 8 8 4 2 0 2 7 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
13 Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 8 13 4 1 2 1 6 8 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 6
14 Fakel 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -5 4
15 Baltika 6 1 0 5 4 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 3
16 Orenburg 6 0 2 4 4 13 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 3 8 -9 2

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.