Baltika vs Armavir: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Baltika Stadium (14660 seats)

Baltika and Armavir have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the FNL.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Baltika form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Baltika have to build on here at Baltika Stadium in the FNL.

I. Maklakov was the last player to score a league goal for Baltika and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Baltika haven't scored in 221 minutes.

The home team returns to Baltika Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Olimpiyets (placed 11th) on their last time out; the FNL game ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a defeat to Mordovia Saransk (0-2).

The Baltika fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Baltika are not conceding a lot of goals here at Baltika Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Armavir form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Armavir so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Armavir had fun at their own home (Baltika Stadium) last time out, beating Fakel 1-0. O. Polyakov scored. Prior to that match, the Armavir manager A. Papikyan faced defeat when travelling to Chayka and losing 0-1.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Armavir have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Armavir - Baltika 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Baltika-Armavir H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Baltika zero wins, Armavir one win, three draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ArmavirN. Bezlikhotnov
N. Bezlikhotnov
6 goals
ArmavirI. Paderin
I. Paderin
6 goals

Baltika missing players

Armavir missing players

Baltika Armavir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 12 26
11 6 3 Won W 0 2 7
7 2 0 Drew D 0 2 9
8 4 1 Lost L 4 8 10
32 15 7 Scored S 0 10 23
23 10 3 Conceded C 7 17 27
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
62% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 69%
38% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 42% 31%
15% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
38% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 23%
38% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 42% 38%
 
3.6 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.4
3.7 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 4.2
2.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
263 150 46 Total Shots T S 23 80 185
98 58 18 Shots on Target S O 7 28 62
33% 26% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 37%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Armavir has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
  • Armavir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Armavir haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Baltika has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Baltika have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Khimki 26 16 5 5 48 17 13 11 0 2 28 7 13 5 5 3 20 10 31 53
2 Rotor Volgograd 26 16 5 5 40 21 13 7 4 2 23 15 13 9 1 3 17 6 19 53
3 Torpedo Moskva 26 16 4 6 39 25 15 11 1 3 25 14 11 5 3 3 14 11 14 52
4 Chertanovo 26 14 9 3 34 19 12 6 4 2 18 10 14 8 5 1 16 9 15 51
5 Neftekhimik 26 13 8 5 36 23 12 5 5 2 15 12 14 8 3 3 21 11 13 47
6 Shinnik 26 12 7 7 43 34 12 5 2 5 17 17 14 7 5 2 26 17 9 43
7 SKA Khabarovsk 26 11 7 8 40 30 13 7 3 3 19 9 13 4 4 5 21 21 10 40
8 Baltika 26 11 7 8 32 23 12 6 2 4 15 10 14 5 5 4 17 13 9 40
9 Chayka 26 10 7 9 30 28 13 6 3 4 14 11 13 4 4 5 16 17 2 37
10 Tom' Tomsk 26 9 9 8 30 25 12 6 4 2 17 6 14 3 5 6 13 19 5 36
11 Olimpiyets 26 9 9 8 28 27 14 4 5 5 13 17 12 5 4 3 15 10 1 36
12 Armavir 26 7 9 10 23 27 14 5 7 2 13 10 12 2 2 8 10 17 -4 30
13 Krasnodar II 26 6 10 10 31 32 12 2 6 4 16 15 14 4 4 6 15 17 -1 28
14 Avangard Kursk 26 5 13 8 28 38 14 4 7 3 18 21 12 1 6 5 10 17 -10 28
15 Luch Vladivostok 26 6 9 11 28 39 14 2 5 7 14 22 12 4 4 4 14 17 -11 27
16 Spartak Moskva II 26 6 8 12 38 44 13 4 2 7 20 22 13 2 6 5 18 22 -6 26
17 Yenisey 26 6 7 13 22 40 12 3 4 5 14 19 14 3 3 8 8 21 -18 25
18 Mordovia Saransk 26 4 7 15 21 41 14 2 4 8 10 20 12 2 3 7 11 21 -20 19
19 Tekstilshchik 26 5 3 18 25 52 13 3 2 8 14 27 13 2 1 10 11 25 -27 18
20 Fakel 26 3 7 16 13 44 13 1 5 7 4 18 13 2 2 9 9 26 -31 16

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.