FNL match preview: Metallurg Lipetsk versus Rotor Volgograd

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Rotor Volgograd have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Metallurg Lipetsk. Prepare for the match with this FNL preview!

Insights:
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals (13) in FNL

The hosts Metallurg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Russian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tekstilshchik, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.

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Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Metallurg Lipetsk's two home games in the FNL so far this season, having collected 4 points.

The Metallurg supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tekstilshchik in Russian Cup and win 1-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at Neftekhimik in the FNL.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Metallurg Lipetsk at home in the league. 5 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Rotor Volgograd form and stats

Rotor Volgograd has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 92 days ago, in the Sochi fixture.

There were no winners in Volgograd's previous match, a FNL home game that ended 1-1 vs Volgar Astrakhan (placed 13th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against SKA Khabarovsk.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Metallurg LipetskR. Voydel
R. Voydel
2 goals
Metallurg LipetskM. Sazonov
M. Sazonov
1 goals
Metallurg LipetskA. Arustamyan
A. Arustamyan
1 goals

Metallurg Lipetsk missing players

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Metallurg Lipetsk Rotor Volgograd
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 0 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 5 2 Scored S 0 0 2
13 4 2 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
5 2.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8.5
3.2 2.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3.8
2.8 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 14 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11.2
3.8 4.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 56% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 10%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals (13) in FNL
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in FNL
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the most matches over the total-line (4) in FNL
  • Metallurg Lipetsk have the the worst goal difference (-8) in FNL
Metallurg Lipetsk Last season Rotor Volgograd
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
19 9   Won W   2 5
6 4   Drew D   5 7
5 2   Lost L   8 18
59 34   Scored S   10 15
28 9   Conceded C   29 52
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
77% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 67%
63% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 40%
37% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 20%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
50% 40%   BTTS BTTS   47% 30%
43% 60%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 23%
13% 13%   Failed to Score F T   53% 60%
 
5.8 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.6
3.9 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6.9
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 3
4 1   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12.1 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8 8.7
5.5 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.8
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 19%

  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 4 3 1 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 10
2 Fakel 4 3 1 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 10
3 Veles 4 3 0 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 9
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 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 8
5 Orenburg 4 2 1 1 9 3 3 2 0 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 7
6 Neftekhimik 4 2 1 1 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 7
7 Spartak Vladikavkaz 4 2 1 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 7
8 Spartak Moskva II 4 2 1 1 4 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 -3 7
9 Akron 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 5
10 KAMAZ 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
11 Krasnodar II 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
12 Rotor Volgograd 4 0 4 0 2 2 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
13 Volgar Astrakhan 4 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 6 -4 4
14 Metallurg Lipetsk 4 1 1 2 5 13 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 9 -8 4
15 Baltika 4 0 3 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 3
16 Tekstilshchik 4 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 -1 3
17 Tom' Tomsk 4 1 0 3 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 6 -3 3
18 Dolgie Prudy 4 0 2 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 2
19 Urozhay 4 0 1 3 4 8 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
20 Yenisey 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 1
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 Metallurg Lipetsk 30 19 6 5 59 28 15 9 4 2 34 9 15 10 2 3 25 19 31 63
2 Ryazan 30 19 2 9 57 33 15 11 1 3 31 13 15 8 1 6 26 20 24 59
3 Saturn Ramenskoye 30 17 7 6 63 29 15 11 3 1 40 14 15 6 4 5 23 15 34 58
4 Salyut Belgorod 30 16 8 6 56 25 15 6 5 4 25 14 15 10 3 2 31 11 31 56
5 Sokol Saratov 30 16 7 7 44 21 15 10 2 3 26 9 15 6 5 4 18 12 23 55
6 Strogino 30 15 3 12 51 42 15 10 3 2 38 16 15 5 0 10 13 26 9 48
7 Kaluga 30 14 5 11 50 37 15 11 0 4 38 18 15 3 5 7 12 19 13 47
8 Znamya Noginsk 30 11 10 9 44 38 15 7 4 4 26 18 15 4 6 5 18 20 6 43
9 Khimik Novomoskovsk 30 11 10 9 45 41 15 7 2 6 26 22 15 4 8 3 19 19 4 43
10 Krasnyy-SGAFKST 30 11 7 12 40 49 15 6 3 6 18 16 15 5 4 6 22 33 -9 40
11 Avangard Kursk 30 9 9 12 35 41 15 5 6 4 19 17 15 4 3 8 16 24 -6 36
12 Khimki 2 30 10 2 18 42 65 15 7 2 6 23 19 15 3 0 12 19 46 -23 32
13 Kvant 30 7 7 16 31 54 15 3 5 7 14 22 15 4 2 9 17 32 -23 28
14 Metallurg Vidnoye 30 8 1 21 32 76 15 6 1 8 23 32 15 2 0 13 9 44 -44 25
15 Fakel II 30 5 5 20 22 64 15 4 3 8 16 23 15 1 2 12 6 41 -42 20
16 Sakhalin 30 4 7 19 26 54 15 4 4 7 19 19 15 0 3 12 7 35 -28 19
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 Zenit 30 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 13

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.