Evenly matched teams: Spartak Nal'chik vs Forte Taganrog match preview

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Competition: Russia FNL 2 - Group 1
Competition: Thu 12.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Spartak (14400 seats)

FNL 2 - Group 1: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Forte Taganrog hold a slight upper hand with their 4th spot in the league table?

Insights:
  • Spartak Nal'chik have the most matches under the total-line (12) in FNL 2 - Group 1
  • Forte Taganrog have the most points from losing position (12) in FNL 2 - Group 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Spartak Nal'chik and Forte Taganrog.

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Spartak Nal'chik form and stats

Spartak Nal'chik have played 14 FNL 2 - Group 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Nal'chik crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Forte Taganrog here at Stadion Spartak.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Kuban Kholding with a 3-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Spartak Nal'chik perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Spartak Nal'chik as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Spartak Nal'chik has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nal'chik here at Stadion Spartak in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 14 games). From these home matches, Spartak Nal'chik have conceded only 13 goals.

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Forte Taganrog form and stats

7-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Forte Taganrog in their FNL 2 - Group 1 matches away.

Two trips in a row for Taganrog, whose coach Gordeev could celebrate last time after the win against Spartak Nal'chik.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Mashuk-KMV.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Forte Taganrog in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Forte Taganrog, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Forte Taganrog are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. Taganrog have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Spartak Nal'chik - Forte Taganrog 0-2 was the end result in these teams' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Last four meetings involving these contenders: Nal'chik won zero, Forte Taganrog were winners in two and we saw two draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

Forte TaganrogM. Malysh
M. Malysh
6 goals
Forte TaganrogI. Yurchenko
I. Yurchenko
6 goals

Spartak Nal'chik missing players

Forte Taganrog missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Nal'chik Forte Taganrog
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
8 4 2 Won W 2 7 15
10 5 0 Drew D 1 5 9
10 5 1 Lost L 1 2 4
25 11 2 Scored S 4 22 46
25 13 1 Conceded C 1 15 26
79% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 89%
54% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 79% 71%
29% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 50%
11% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
32% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
36% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 43%
54% 43% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 18%
 
5.7 6.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 4.1
3.8 3.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 5.6
2.9 3.5 4.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.3 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 11.4 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9 7.6
3.9 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 3.4
24% 15% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 36% 40%
 
7.8 8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.7 11.8
2.8 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.6 4.3
Key stats in FNL 2 - Group 1 this season:
  • Forte Taganrog have the most points from losing position (12) in FNL 2 - Group 1
  • Forte Taganrog have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Spartak Nal'chik have the most matches under the total-line (12) in FNL 2 - Group 1
  • Spartak Nal'chik have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 SKA Rostov 28 22 2 4 60 15 14 9 1 4 24 9 14 13 1 0 36 6 45 68
2 Makhachkala 28 21 5 2 55 10 14 10 3 1 32 6 14 11 2 1 23 4 45 68
3 Chayka 27 18 6 3 70 18 13 10 2 1 34 6 14 8 4 2 36 12 52 60
4 Forte Taganrog 28 15 9 4 46 26 14 8 4 2 24 11 14 7 5 2 22 15 20 54
5 Chernomorets 27 14 5 8 51 31 13 8 2 3 30 12 14 6 3 5 21 19 20 47
6 Kuban Kholding 28 13 7 8 39 30 14 7 1 6 18 15 14 6 6 2 21 15 9 46
7 Anzhi 28 12 8 8 40 30 15 7 5 3 23 15 13 5 3 5 17 15 10 44
8 Biolog 28 10 8 10 40 37 14 5 5 4 18 21 14 5 3 6 22 16 3 38
9 Legion Dynamo 27 9 9 9 34 26 13 6 4 3 15 9 14 3 5 6 18 16 8 36
10 Tuapse 28 11 2 15 33 45 14 6 1 7 19 21 14 5 1 8 14 24 -12 35
11 Spartak Nal'chik 28 8 10 10 25 25 14 4 5 5 11 13 14 4 5 5 14 12 0 34
12 Druzhba 27 6 10 11 21 35 14 3 6 5 14 18 13 3 4 6 7 17 -14 28
13 Mashuk-KMV 28 6 9 13 39 42 14 4 4 6 23 19 14 2 5 7 16 23 -3 27
14 Dinamo Stavropol' 27 6 7 14 33 47 14 4 5 5 23 21 13 2 2 9 10 26 -14 25
15 Rotor-2 27 5 5 17 22 56 13 3 3 7 12 24 14 2 2 10 9 31 -34 20
16 Alaniya Vladikavkaz II 29 2 6 21 31 86 14 1 3 10 15 44 15 1 3 11 16 42 -55 12
17 Essentuki 29 2 4 23 14 94 15 2 2 11 10 42 14 0 2 12 4 52 -80 10

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SKA Rostov 28 22 2 4 60 15 14 9 1 4 24 9 14 13 1 0 36 6 45 68
2 Makhachkala 28 21 5 2 55 10 14 10 3 1 32 6 14 11 2 1 23 4 45 68
3 Chayka 27 18 6 3 70 18 13 10 2 1 34 6 14 8 4 2 36 12 52 60
4 Forte Taganrog 28 15 9 4 46 26 14 8 4 2 24 11 14 7 5 2 22 15 20 54
5 Chernomorets 27 14 5 8 51 31 13 8 2 3 30 12 14 6 3 5 21 19 20 47
6 Kuban Kholding 28 13 7 8 39 30 14 7 1 6 18 15 14 6 6 2 21 15 9 46
7 Anzhi 28 12 8 8 40 30 15 7 5 3 23 15 13 5 3 5 17 15 10 44
8 Biolog 28 10 8 10 40 37 14 5 5 4 18 21 14 5 3 6 22 16 3 38
9 Legion Dynamo 27 9 9 9 34 26 13 6 4 3 15 9 14 3 5 6 18 16 8 36
10 Tuapse 28 11 2 15 33 45 14 6 1 7 19 21 14 5 1 8 14 24 -12 35
11 Spartak Nal'chik 28 8 10 10 25 25 14 4 5 5 11 13 14 4 5 5 14 12 0 34
12 Druzhba 27 6 10 11 21 35 14 3 6 5 14 18 13 3 4 6 7 17 -14 28
13 Mashuk-KMV 28 6 9 13 39 42 14 4 4 6 23 19 14 2 5 7 16 23 -3 27
14 Dinamo Stavropol' 27 6 7 14 33 47 14 4 5 5 23 21 13 2 2 9 10 26 -14 25
15 Rotor-2 27 5 5 17 22 56 13 3 3 7 12 24 14 2 2 10 9 31 -34 20
16 Alaniya Vladikavkaz II 29 2 6 21 31 86 14 1 3 10 15 44 15 1 3 11 16 42 -55 12
17 Essentuki 29 2 4 23 14 94 15 2 2 11 10 42 14 0 2 12 4 52 -80 10

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