The visiting Torpedo Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Avangard Kursk, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Russian Cup. That game was also an away game, at Khimki. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Torpedo Moskva have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-4-4 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
Avangard Kursk form and stats
Avangard Kursk have played 13 FNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Avangard Kursk.
The home team returns to Stadion Trudovye Reservy after being equal after 90 minutes with Spartak Moskva II (placed 16th) on their last time out; the FNL game ended 1-1. Before that, Avangard Kursk played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Spartak Moskva II.
Avangard Kursk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. Avangard Kursk have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
As the visiting team in FNL matches, Torpedo Moskva have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Torpedo Moskva as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Mordovia Saransk match.
Torpedo Moskva play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-5 to Khimki (placed 3rd). A 0-2 loss hosting Luch Vladivostok before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Khimki was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Torpedo Moskva have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Torpedo Moskva as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Torpedo Moskva - Avangard Kursk 3-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Avangard Kursk won one, Torpedo Moskva won two and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 I. Sergeev 15 goals |
Avangard Kursk missing players
Torpedo Moskva missing players
| Avangard Kursk | Torpedo Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 36 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 77% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 76% |
| 48% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 44% |
| 28% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 16% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 4% |
| 60% | 62% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 12% | 15% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 36% | 31% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 199 | 102 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 103 | 269 |
| 83 | 41 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 33 | 94 |
| 31% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 39% |
- Avangard Kursk has the most points from losing position (14)
- Avangard Kursk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Torpedo Moskva 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 | Rotor Volgograd | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Khimki | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chertanovo | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Shinnik | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Baltika | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Tom' Tomsk | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 10 | Chayka | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Armavir | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Luch Vladivostok | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Spartak Moskva II | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 25 |
| 17 | Yenisey | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Mordovia Saransk | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Tekstilshchik | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -27 | 17 |
| 20 | Fakel | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 16 |