With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Chayka fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Avangard Kursk.
Chayka and Avangard Kursk 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.
Avangard Kursk have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Chayka form and stats
When playing at home in the FNL, Chayka have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.
Chayka drew their last game, also a home match. Luch Vladivostok (placed 15th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Armavir.
The Chayka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Chayka have conceded only 11 goals.
Avangard Kursk form and stats
Avangard Kursk have only collected 9 points from their away games in the FNL, after 1-6-5 (12 played). Avangard Kursk has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 127 days ago, in the Tom' Tomsk fixture. Visiting Avangard Kursk has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Avangard Kursk's last game was the home draw against Torpedo Moskva (2-2). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Spartak Moskva II that ended 1-1.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Avangard Kursk's duel with Torpedo Moskva. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after K. Mashukov found the equalizer.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Avangard Kursk as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Avangard Kursk in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Avangard Kursk - Chayka 1-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  A. Podbeltsev 16 goals | A. Khokhlachev 11 goals |
Chayka missing players
Avangard Kursk missing players
| Chayka | Avangard Kursk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 28 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 38 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 65% | 62% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 77% |
| 42% | 31% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 19% | 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 38% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 58% | 62% |
| 27% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 31% | 38% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 42% | 35% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 255 | 132 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 97 | 205 |
| 89 | 43 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 42 | 86 |
| 34% | 33% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 24% | 33% |
- Avangard Kursk has the most points from losing position (15)
| 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 |