This season has been challenging for Orenburg so far, and you could say the same about Fakel. These brave battlers have the opportunity for some important points here.
- All of Orenburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fakel have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
It's quite the trip for Fakel when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Orenburg and Fakel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Orenburg form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Orenburg so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Orenburg after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Orenburg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Baltika (0-1). Midfield player Florentín got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Florentín hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that, a strong away win at Sochi. A Russian Cup match.
Orenburg has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Orenburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fakel form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fakel so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Fakel has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
185 minutes! That's how long the Fakel goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Fakel are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dinamo Moskva (placed 6th). Midfield player Magal was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Magal dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that, the victory at home against CSKA Moskva (after extra-time) in the Russian Cup (2-1).
Look out: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
Fakel are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 6 away games. Fakel struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games. When Fakel is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Rubin Kazan, Rostov, Fakel, Sochi and Baltika.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures involving these teams have all ended as Orenburg wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  E. Markov 4 goals |  M. Pérez 3 goals | D. Vorobyev 3 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Fakel missing players
| Orenburg | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 14 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 12.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 10.2 | 11.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 12% | 18% |
| 14.3 | 14.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4 |
- All of Orenburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fakel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
- Fakel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fakel have yet to win a game away.
- Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fakel have scored away.
- Orenburg 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Zenit | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Olimpiyets | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Ural | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Baltika | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Rostov | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Fakel | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Sochi | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
