Metallurg Lipetsk vs Baltika FNL news and facts

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

17th- against 12th position might not seem all that sexy. But look: Tipsway has the data that makes Metallurg Lipetsk - Baltika (even) more engrossing!

Insights:
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals (37) in FNL
  • Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Metallurg and Baltika.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats

Metallurg Lipetsk's struggle is real here with only 9 points collected from 9 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Metallurg, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the FNL.

Metallurg Lipetsk's last game was hosting Veles (placed 7th) and winning 1-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Volgar Astrakhan with a 2-0 scoreline.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Metallurg Lipetsk here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). 12 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Baltika form and stats

Playing away, Baltika have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the FNL this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FNL home defeat versus Volgar Astrakhan with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus SKA Khabarovsk at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Baltika find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Baltika have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding two meetings between these two contenders are: zero wins for Metallurg, one draw and one win for Baltika. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

BaltikaY. Kazaev
Y. Kazaev
6 goals
MetallurgA. Arustamyan
A. Arustamyan
5 goals
BaltikaV. Lazarev
V. Lazarev
3 goals

Metallurg Lipetsk missing players

Baltika missing players

Metallurg Lipetsk Baltika
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 4 Played P 3 9 17
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
3 3 1 Drew D 0 3 9
10 4 3 Lost L 3 3 4
14 8 3 Scored S 2 11 17
37 12 7 Conceded C 5 10 17
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 82%
76% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 65%
53% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 24%
35% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 12%
24% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 12%
29% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 53%
24% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
53% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 35%
 
4.3 4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.4 6.6
6.4 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 1.3 3.1 2.8
2.3 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
8.7 11 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 7.8 10.9
3.4 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 5.2
24% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 19%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Baltika have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Baltika have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals (37) in FNL
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in FNL
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the the worst goal difference (-23) in FNL

  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 17 12 1 4 29 12 11 9 0 2 20 7 6 3 1 2 9 5 17 37
2 Alaniya Vladikavkaz 17 9 5 3 36 19 6 6 0 0 17 3 11 3 5 3 19 16 17 32
3 Torpedo Moskva 17 8 8 1 32 15 10 5 5 0 25 10 7 3 3 1 7 5 17 32
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 17 9 4 4 20 14 8 5 0 3 9 7 9 4 4 1 11 7 6 31
5 Neftekhimik 17 9 3 5 30 13 9 5 1 3 21 8 8 4 2 2 9 5 17 30
6 Fakel 17 9 3 5 26 15 10 7 2 1 17 5 7 2 1 4 9 10 11 30
7 Veles 17 8 3 6 20 15 8 4 3 1 12 7 9 4 0 5 8 8 5 27
8 Akron 17 7 4 6 18 17 9 5 2 2 11 7 8 2 2 4 7 10 1 25
9 Spartak Moskva II 17 8 1 8 18 28 9 4 1 4 10 11 8 4 0 4 8 17 -10 25
10 KAMAZ 17 6 6 5 16 15 11 5 2 4 13 12 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 24
11 Rotor Volgograd 17 4 9 4 18 17 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 3 3 2 11 8 1 21
12 Baltika 17 4 9 4 17 17 8 1 6 1 6 7 9 3 3 3 11 10 0 21
13 Dolgie Prudy 17 5 6 6 14 16 7 3 3 1 7 5 10 2 3 5 7 11 -2 21
14 Krasnodar II 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 4 3 1 11 7 9 1 2 6 5 15 -6 20
15 Tom' Tomsk 17 5 4 8 22 28 7 3 2 2 9 9 10 2 2 6 13 19 -6 19
16 Yenisey 17 5 4 8 22 30 7 2 3 2 9 11 10 3 1 6 13 19 -8 19
17 Metallurg Lipetsk 17 4 3 10 14 37 9 2 3 4 8 12 8 2 0 6 6 25 -23 15
18 Tekstilshchik 17 3 5 9 12 24 8 3 1 4 11 12 9 0 4 5 1 12 -12 14
19 Volgar Astrakhan 17 3 3 11 9 21 8 1 1 6 2 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 -12 12
20 Urozhay 17 3 2 12 13 27 8 1 0 7 3 16 9 2 2 5 10 11 -14 11

Read more about FNL

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.