The visiting Spartak Vladikavkaz side should be favourites in this visit to Fakel, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
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 Fakel and Spartak Vladikavkaz.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Fakel form and stats
When playing at home in the FNL, Fakel, who have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in FNL, have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Fakel.
Fakel faced defeat in their previous match, away at Neftekhimik (1-3). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dinamo Bryansk that ended 0-0.
Fakel are traveling soon after this match as the FNL match at Tekstilshchik awaits in three days.
Fakel have scored 2 goals here in 7 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 4 from 7 matches.
Spartak Vladikavkaz form and stats
Playing away, Spartak Vladikavkaz, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in FNL, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the FNL this season.
The supporters enjoyed Spartak Vladikavkaz's previous game versus Volgar Astrakhan (placed 14th), a FNL 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Krylya Sovetov's place.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shinnik in just three days.
Vladikavkaz have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Gurtsiev 4 goals | B. Khadartsev 4 goals |  R. Akbashev 3 goals |
Fakel missing players
Spartak Vladikavkaz missing players
| Fakel | Spartak Vladikavkaz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 93% |
| 43% | 14% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 86% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 11% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 22% | 36% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 56% | 50% |
| 50% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 131 | 49 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 91 | 147 |
| 44 | 19 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 31 | 44 |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 39% | 48% |
- Fakel has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in FNL
- Fakel has the most matches under the total-line (10) in FNL
- Spartak Vladikavkaz has the most clean sheets (5) away in FNL
- Spartak Vladikavkaz have scored more than double the goals of Fakel.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpiyets | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva II | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Veles | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Baltika | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Chayka | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Dinamo Bryansk | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 19 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | SKA Khabarovsk | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Akron | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Fakel | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 20 | Shinnik | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -13 | 6 |
| 22 | Irtysh | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -19 | 5 |