A very important game in FNL as both sides are fighting for the top positions. With Fakel in 3rd position and Orenburg located at 1st, this promises to be an exciting battle. Read on to find out more!
- Fakel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
These teams have little in common geographically as Orenburg have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Fakel form and stats
26 points is a decent return from 11 FNL games here for Fakel. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Tom' Tomsk (placed 11th) on their last time out; the FNL game ended 2-2. A disappointing finish for Fakel in their match versus Tom' Tomsk as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Veles with a 4-0 scoreline.The manager O. Vasilenko will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Akron in only three days.
Fakel have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 20 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Fakel have conceded only 7 goals.
Orenburg form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the FNL.
Impressive finishing from A. Shabolin and R. Gojković secured the home win 2-1 against Baltika in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Orenburg manager M. Liczka faced defeat when travelling to Metallurg Lipetsk and losing 0-1.A new game in only three days for Orenburg, the FNL home match versus Tom' Tomsk. Busy days.
Orenburg find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Orenburg as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Orenburg - Fakel 0-2 was the story when these sides last played each other, also in this season. Stats for the preceeding five meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Fakel, zero draws and three wins for Orenburg. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 11 goals |  J. Fameyeh 9 goals | R. Akbashev 5 goals |
Fakel missing players
Orenburg missing players
| Fakel | Orenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 33 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 95% |
| 71% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 71% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 43% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 10% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 52% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 52% |
| 24% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 24% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 9.5 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 11.9 | 13.6 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 38% | 47% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 33% | 34% |
| 7.5 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.5 | 9.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
- Fakel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fakel have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Orenburg have scored away.
- Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | Fakel | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SKA Khabarovsk | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 36 |
| 7 | Akron | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Baltika | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Veles | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Tom' Tomsk | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Spartak Moskva II | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Yenisey | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Rotor Volgograd | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 23 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 18 |
| 19 | Volgar Astrakhan | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 30 | -29 | 18 |