Baltika will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Neftekhimik.
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 Baltika and Neftekhimik.
These teams have little in common geographically as Neftekhimik have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Baltika form and stats
5-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the FNL numbers at home for Baltika so far this season.
Ahead of that match, Baltika won a home game hosting Irtysh (3-2).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Baltika have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost zero.
Baltika has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Baltika have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Neftekhimik form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the FNL.
Prior to that result Neftekhimik won their away game at Akron. The scoreline was 4-3.
As mentioned above, Neftekhimik was the only team on the pitch versus Krasnodar II in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
We have checked recent matches where Neftekhimik have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, one draw and two defeats.
Neftekhimik are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Neftekhimik rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Baltika, zero draws and one win for Neftekhimik. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Andrade Rodrigues 5 goals |  M. Markin 5 goals |  I. Petrov 5 goals |
Baltika missing players
Neftekhimik missing players
| Baltika | Neftekhimik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 61% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 65% |
| 39% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 44% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 35% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 201 | 113 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 62 | 181 |
| 82 | 45 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 24 | 62 |
| 28% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 45% |
- Baltika haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Neftekhimik 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 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 39 |
| 2 | Olimpiyets | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Torpedo Moskva | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 37 |
| 4 | Orenburg | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 34 |
| 6 | Veles | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 8 | Baltika | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva II | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Chayka | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | SKA Khabarovsk | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 23 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Fakel | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Akron | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 19 | -14 | 14 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Irtysh | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -17 | 12 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 10 |
| 22 | Shinnik | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -22 | 10 |