Football match preview: Akron vs Fakel

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Wed 17.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Prepare for a football jamboree when Akron tie their boots for Fakel. Read up on the fixture at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Akron have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fakel have the most clean sheets (12) in FNL

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 Akron and Fakel.

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Akron form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 11 FNL games here for Akron. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Ever since the KAMAZ game Akron has been unbeatable here producing six straight wins.

In their previous game, the manager V. Jăpălău led his Akron to a defeat in the FNL match away at Baltika. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.

Before that, Akron had a home game versus Metallurg Lipetsk which ended with a victory 2-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Akron as they have a new game in only four days, a FNL match thankfully also at home. Tom' Tomsk are visiting.

The Akron fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Akron are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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Fakel form and stats

Playing away, Fakel, who have the most clean sheets (12) in FNL, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the FNL this season.

Fakel won their last game, 1-0 versus Orenburg played at home.

Before that, Fakel travelled to Tom' Tomsk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

A new game in only four days for Fakel, the FNL home match versus Neftekhimik. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Fakel's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Fakel in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other before this season: Fakel - Akron 1-0. Previous three meetings between these teams: Akron won zero, Fakel triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FakelM. Maksimov
M. Maksimov
11 goals
AkronK. Bazelyuk
K. Bazelyuk
5 goals
FakelR. Akbashev
R. Akbashev
5 goals

Akron missing players

Fakel missing players

Akron Fakel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 3 10 22
9 7 2 Won W 1 4 13
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
8 2 2 Lost L 1 4 5
24 15 5 Scored S 7 17 38
23 8 6 Conceded C 4 12 19
91% 82% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
59% 55% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 68%
41% 45% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
18% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 32%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
45% 45% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 30% 27%
32% 55% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 55%
32% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 23%
 
3.7 4.7 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5 5.4
5.2 4.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.7 4
2.7 3.1 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.8
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.1 7.4 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 13.5 11.2
3.2 2.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.4 4.5
33% 52% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 31% 38%
 
10 7.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.3 7.5
4.6 3.5 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.9 2.6
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Akron have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Akron have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fakel have the most clean sheets (12) in FNL
  • Fakel have the the best goal difference (+5) away in FNL
  • Fakel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Orenburg 22 14 2 6 33 15 13 11 0 2 24 8 9 3 2 4 9 7 18 44
2 Fakel 22 13 4 5 38 19 12 9 2 1 21 7 10 4 2 4 17 12 19 43
3 Torpedo Moskva 22 11 9 2 42 25 11 6 5 0 27 11 11 5 4 2 15 14 17 42
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 22 12 4 6 27 19 11 8 0 3 16 9 11 4 4 3 11 10 8 40
5 Spartak Vladikavkaz 22 11 6 5 46 26 10 8 0 2 27 10 12 3 6 3 19 16 20 39
6 Neftekhimik 22 12 3 7 39 21 11 6 1 4 24 10 11 6 2 3 15 11 18 39
7 Baltika 22 8 9 5 29 19 11 4 6 1 13 7 11 4 3 4 16 12 10 33
8 Akron 22 9 5 8 24 23 11 7 2 2 15 8 11 2 3 6 9 15 1 32
9 Veles 22 9 3 10 24 26 11 5 3 3 16 16 11 4 0 7 8 10 -2 30
10 Tom' Tomsk 22 8 5 9 28 35 11 6 3 2 15 12 11 2 2 7 13 23 -7 29
11 KAMAZ 22 7 7 8 22 23 13 6 3 4 18 14 9 1 4 4 4 9 -1 28
12 Yenisey 22 8 4 10 30 36 9 4 3 2 13 12 13 4 1 8 17 24 -6 28
13 Spartak Moskva II 22 8 3 11 21 36 12 4 3 5 11 13 10 4 0 6 10 23 -15 27
14 Krasnodar II 22 7 5 10 20 28 9 4 3 2 12 9 13 3 2 8 8 19 -8 26
15 Rotor Volgograd 22 4 12 6 22 25 10 1 7 2 7 9 12 3 5 4 15 16 -3 24
16 Dolgie Prudy 22 5 9 8 18 22 10 3 5 2 9 8 12 2 4 6 9 14 -4 24
17 Volgar Astrakhan 22 6 3 13 14 25 11 3 1 7 5 11 11 3 2 6 9 14 -11 21
18 Urozhay 22 6 3 13 18 30 10 3 0 7 6 17 12 3 3 6 12 13 -12 21
19 Tekstilshchik 22 4 7 11 20 32 12 4 3 5 18 17 10 0 4 6 2 15 -12 19
20 Metallurg Lipetsk 22 5 3 14 18 48 12 3 3 6 10 18 10 2 0 8 8 30 -30 18

Read more about FNL

The Russian Football National League (FNL) is the second highest level of football in Russia. It was founded in 1992 and with the current format it holds 20 teams, including the reserve teams of some of the biggest Russian clubs. After the final league table is decided the top two are promoted directly while third and fourth have promotion playoff fixtures. The bottom five clubs are relegated.