This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both teams, as it's the premier FNL 2 - Group 1 match of the season. Both Rotor Volgograd and Forte Taganrog are aiming for a positive start to their league adventure.
Rotor Volgograd form and stats
Disaster struck Rotor Volgograd last season as they could not defend their status as a FNL team. With 18 defeats from 38 games, and only 8 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Rotor Volgograd are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D7 L10.
Volgograd have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Rotor Volgograd scored 4 goals and let in 1 goal during these two games.
Forte Taganrog form and stats
Let's have a look at how Forte Taganrog performed last season in the FNL 2 - Group 1: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 10 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 28/17 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Forte Taganrog as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Forte Taganrog have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Forte Taganrog has scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.
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| Rotor Volgograd | Forte Taganrog | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rotor Volgograd | Last season | Forte Taganrog | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 28 | 55 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 72% | ||
| 45% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 16% | ||
| 58% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 16% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 22% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | SKA Rostov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Biolog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chernomorets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Druzhba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Essentuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Forte Taganrog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kuban Kholding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Legion Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mashuk-KMV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Spartak Nal'chik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torpedo Moskva | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 65 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 75 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 74 |
| 3 | Fakel | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 74 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 65 |
| 5 | Yenisey | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 63 |
| 6 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 60 |
| 7 | Baltika | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 58 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 58 |
| 9 | Akron | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 58 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva II | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 58 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 53 |
| 12 | Urozhay | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | -3 | 49 |
| 13 | Veles | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 | Tom' Tomsk | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 37 | -9 | 48 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -12 | 41 |
| 16 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 20 | -13 | 39 |
| 17 | KAMAZ | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 37 |
| 18 | Rotor Volgograd | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 23 | -16 | 36 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 41 | -39 | 33 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 76 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 37 | -45 | 23 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Makhachkala | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 50 | 80 |
| 2 | SKA Rostov | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 49 | 76 |
| 3 | Chayka | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 88 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 64 | 70 |
| 4 | Forte Taganrog | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Chernomorets | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 35 | 60 |
| 6 | Kuban Kholding | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 54 |
| 7 | Anzhi | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 48 |
| 8 | Legion Dynamo | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 46 |
| 9 | Biolog | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 44 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Tuapse | 32 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 36 | 60 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -24 | 38 |
| 12 | Druzhba | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -19 | 32 |
| 13 | Mashuk-KMV | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -7 | 31 |
| 14 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -17 | 29 |
| 15 | Rotor-2 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 36 | -48 | 21 |
| 16 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 32 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 32 | 97 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 47 | -65 | 12 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 106 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 58 | -90 | 10 |