Fakel hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 17th position in the FNL table. Visiting Spartak Moskva II holds 9th place with 29 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
10-6-18 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Spartak Moskva II when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 34 matches are 37-48 (scored/conceded).
Fakel form and stats
Fakel, who have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in FNL, have played 9 FNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Fakel has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
In the match before that, Fakel hosted Krylya Sovetov and drew the game 1-1.
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 Fakel have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost zero.
Fakel have scored 3 goals here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. Fakel are not conceding a lot of goals here at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Spartak Moskva II form and stats
Spartak Moskva II have an excellent away record in the FNL so far with 6-0-3 from 9 games. Spartak has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
A 0-2 defeat away at Volgar Astrakhan before that.
We have checked recent matches where Spartak have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were five victories, four draws and eight defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Spartak's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Fakel won one game, one match ended with a draw and Spartak Moskva II has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / oneTop Goalscorers
  R. Akbashev 3 goals |
Fakel missing players
Spartak Moskva II missing players
| Fakel | Spartak Moskva II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 17 | 25 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 11% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 11% | 6% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 50% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 44% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 174 | 66 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 62 | 140 |
| 55 | 22 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 27 | 66 |
| 20% | 14% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 52% | 33% |
- Fakel has the fewest scored goals (3) at home in FNL
- Fakel has the most matches under the total-line (13) in FNL
- Spartak Moskva II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Spartak Moskva II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Spartak Moskva II have scored more than double the goals of Fakel.
- Spartak Moskva II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |