With their 18 point advantage in the league table, Baltika fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Fakel.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Baltika form and stats
Overall FNL stats at home this season for Baltika are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Baltika will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the FNL game against Chayka (placed 11th). A Russian Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Torpedo Moskva.
Baltika are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at Chertanovo awaits in three days.
Baltika are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 attempts. From these home matches, Baltika have conceded only 8 goals.
Fakel form and stats
There's been little loot from Fakel's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the FNL. Fakel, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in FNL, only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Two away games in a row for Fakel, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Chertanovo in the FNL. Prior to that result Fakel won their away game at Chayka. The scoreline was 1-0.
Fakel lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only four days for Fakel, the FNL home match versus SKA Khabarovsk. Busy days.
The attacking power of Fakel when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Fakel have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Baltika and Fakel have met before this season: Fakel - Baltika 1-2. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Baltika, 3 draws and 2 wins for Fakel. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Baltika missing players
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| Baltika | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 27 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 35 |
| 86% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | 76% |
| 62% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 60% | 57% |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | 19% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 10% |
| 43% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 30% | 29% |
| 33% | 22% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 29% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 60% | 67% |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baltika have scored more than double the goals of Fakel.
- Fakel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Torpedo Moskva | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | Khimki | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 46 |
| 3 | Rotor Volgograd | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 | Chertanovo | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Tom' Tomsk | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 7 | Baltika | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Shinnik | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Chayka | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Spartak Moskva II | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Krasnodar II | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Armavir | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Avangard Kursk | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Luch Vladivostok | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Yenisey | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 18 | Fakel | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -23 | 15 |
| 19 | Mordovia Saransk | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 14 |