Evenly matched teams: Makhachkala vs Veles match preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Anzhi-Arena (2500 seats)

Game week two of the FNL season and the contenders have adjusted from insights gained in the first fixture. Here's the Makhachkala - Veles pre-match guide:

Makhachkala and Veles 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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Makhachkala form and stats

Last season, Makhachkala's league stats were 25 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses, leading to 1st place in the Pfl. In these 32 matches they scored 62 goals and conceded 12. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Makhachkala managed 12-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 6 conceded.

Makhachkala drew their last game, 0-0 away at Alaniya Vladikavkaz (placed 10th).

In the game before, an away victory in the Pfl match versus Druzhba with a 2-1 scoreline.

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Veles form and stats

Let's have a look at how Veles performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 19/20 goals scored/conceded.

Veles had fun at their own home (Anzhi-Arena) last time out, beating Baltika 2-1. Logua and Kiselev scored.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Yenisey wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Veles in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Veles, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VelesI. Logua
I. Logua
1 goals
VelesV. Kiselev
V. Kiselev
1 goals

Makhachkala missing players

Veles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Makhachkala Veles
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 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
Makhachkala Last season Veles
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   19 38
25 12   Won W   6 14
5 3   Drew D   2 6
2 1   Lost L   11 18
62 35   Scored S   19 45
12 6   Conceded C   20 48
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
69% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
44% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 45%
16% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 21%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
25% 25%   BTTS BTTS   32% 47%
69% 69%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 29%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
5.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
4.5 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.8
2.7 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
1 1   Red cards R C   2 7
 
9.2 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.2
3.4 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
47% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 29%
 
5.2 3.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 11.6
2.3 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 4.3

  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 Makhachkala 32 25 5 2 62 12 16 12 3 1 35 6 16 13 2 1 27 6 50 80
2 SKA Rostov 32 24 4 4 71 22 16 10 2 4 32 14 16 14 2 0 39 8 49 76
3 Chayka 32 21 7 4 88 24 16 11 3 2 41 9 16 10 4 2 47 15 64 70
4 Forte Taganrog 32 17 10 5 55 31 16 9 4 3 27 14 16 8 6 2 28 17 24 61
5 Chernomorets 32 18 6 8 70 35 16 10 3 3 40 15 16 8 3 5 30 20 35 60
6 Kuban Kholding 32 15 9 8 46 31 16 9 1 6 24 15 16 6 8 2 22 16 15 54
7 Anzhi 32 13 9 10 46 35 16 7 6 3 25 17 16 6 3 7 21 18 11 48
8 Legion Dynamo 32 12 10 10 44 31 16 7 5 4 20 15 16 5 5 6 24 16 13 46
9 Biolog 32 11 11 10 50 45 16 6 6 4 24 25 16 5 5 6 26 20 5 44
10 Spartak Nal'chik 32 10 10 12 32 28 16 5 5 6 14 15 16 5 5 6 18 13 4 40
11 Tuapse 32 12 2 18 36 60 16 6 1 9 19 30 16 6 1 9 17 30 -24 38
12 Druzhba 32 7 11 14 25 44 16 3 7 6 15 20 16 4 4 8 10 24 -19 32
13 Mashuk-KMV 32 7 10 15 47 54 16 5 4 7 26 23 16 2 6 8 21 31 -7 31
14 Dinamo Stavropol' 32 7 8 17 40 57 16 5 5 6 26 23 16 2 3 11 14 34 -17 29
15 Rotor-2 32 5 6 21 26 74 16 3 4 9 15 38 16 2 2 12 11 36 -48 21
16 Alaniya Vladikavkaz II 32 2 6 24 32 97 16 1 3 12 16 50 16 1 3 12 16 47 -65 12
17 Essentuki 32 2 4 26 16 106 16 2 2 12 10 48 16 0 2 14 6 58 -90 10
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.