Baltika receive Volgar Astrakhan as obvious favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Baltika Stadium (14660 seats)

It's only match two of the FNL for these sides. And there's points to play for here at Baltika Stadium as Baltika host Volgar Astrakhan. Get smart with this preview!

It's quite the trip for Volgar Astrakhan when visiting Baltika as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.

Baltika and Volgar Astrakhan should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Baltika form and stats

The season before, Baltika's league results were 14 wins, 16 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 7th place in the FNL. Over these 38 matches they scored 51 goals and let in 30. Performing as the home side in the previous season Baltika delivered 7-8-4 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 12 conceded.

Baltika faced defeat in their previous match, away at Veles (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Baltika lost 0-1 at home to Fakel.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Baltika matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

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Volgar Astrakhan form and stats

Let's have a look at how Volgar Astrakhan performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.

Stefanovich scored in Astrakhan's previous match, the home game against Akron that ended 1-0. Eureka; their first victory in the league after eight rounds not winning.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Orenburg.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Baltika victories, three draws and three Volgar Astrakhan wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BaltikaG. Guzina
G. Guzina
1 goals
Volgar AstrakhanI. Stefanovich
I. Stefanovich
1 goals

Baltika missing players

Volgar Astrakhan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Baltika Volgar Astrakhan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Baltika Last season Volgar Astrakhan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 7   Won W   6 10
16 8   Drew D   3 9
8 4   Lost L   10 19
51 21   Scored S   16 30
30 12   Conceded C   20 43
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 53%
37% 26%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 26%
16% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
42% 37%   BTTS BTTS   32% 32%
45% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 26%
29% 37%   Failed to Score F T   47% 47%
 
7.1 7.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 3.8
3.1 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 6.1
3.1 3.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
4 4   Red cards R C   4 8
 
12.4 15.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 7
5.4 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.7
23% 17%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 21%
 
8.4 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.7
2.5 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rubin Kazan' 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Urozhay 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arsenal Tula 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Veles 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 KAMAZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Volgar Astrakhan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Ufa 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Yenisey 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Alaniya Vladikavkaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Makhachkala 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Volga Ulyanovsk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 SKA Khabarovsk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Baltika 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Akron 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Neftekhimik 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rodina Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Shinnik 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 38 20 15 3 65 36 19 10 9 0 36 15 19 10 6 3 29 21 29 75
2 Orenburg 38 23 5 10 64 37 19 14 2 3 32 14 19 9 3 7 32 23 27 74
3 Fakel 38 23 5 10 60 33 19 14 3 2 29 10 19 9 2 8 31 23 27 74
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 38 19 8 11 48 38 19 14 1 4 31 16 19 5 7 7 17 22 10 65
5 Yenisey 38 19 6 13 58 55 19 11 4 4 32 22 19 8 2 9 26 33 3 63
6 Alaniya Vladikavkaz 38 17 9 12 75 53 19 12 1 6 41 23 19 5 8 6 34 30 22 60
7 Baltika 38 14 16 8 51 30 19 7 8 4 21 12 19 7 8 4 30 18 21 58
8 Neftekhimik 38 17 7 14 60 43 19 9 4 6 34 19 19 8 3 8 26 24 17 58
9 Akron 38 16 10 12 47 40 19 11 4 4 27 17 19 5 6 8 20 23 7 58
10 Spartak Moskva II 38 18 4 16 48 55 19 8 4 7 24 24 19 10 0 9 24 31 -7 58
11 Krasnodar II 38 15 8 15 45 45 19 10 4 5 33 21 19 5 4 10 12 24 0 53
12 Urozhay 38 13 10 15 45 48 19 6 4 9 20 31 19 7 6 6 25 17 -3 49
13 Veles 38 14 6 18 45 48 19 8 4 7 26 28 19 6 2 11 19 20 -3 48
14 Tom' Tomsk 38 13 9 16 51 60 19 9 5 5 24 23 19 4 4 11 27 37 -9 48
15 Dolgie Prudy 38 9 14 15 35 47 19 6 7 6 19 24 19 3 7 9 16 23 -12 41
16 Volgar Astrakhan 38 10 9 19 30 43 19 4 6 9 14 23 19 6 3 10 16 20 -13 39
17 KAMAZ 38 8 13 17 29 45 19 6 6 7 20 21 19 2 7 10 9 24 -16 37
18 Rotor Volgograd 38 8 12 18 37 53 19 2 7 10 14 30 19 6 5 8 23 23 -16 36
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 38 9 6 23 31 70 19 4 4 11 13 29 19 5 2 12 18 41 -39 33
20 Tekstilshchik 38 5 8 25 31 76 19 5 3 11 24 39 19 0 5 14 7 37 -45 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar II 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Rubin Kazan' 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Urozhay 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Arsenal Tula 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Veles 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 KAMAZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Volgar Astrakhan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Ufa 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Yenisey 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Alaniya Vladikavkaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Makhachkala 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Volga Ulyanovsk 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 SKA Khabarovsk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Baltika 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Akron 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Neftekhimik 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Rodina Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Shinnik 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.