The visiting Veles side should be favourites at Metallurg Lipetsk, as the guests have a 15 point lead from their 16 league fixtures this season.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have the most conceded goals (37) in FNL
- Veles have the most clean sheets (4) away in FNL
It's no vacation for neither Metallurg Lipetsk nor Veles as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
With 1 FNL win, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Metallurg Lipetsk are certainly not brimming with confidence. With seven home FNL games in a row without a win, the Metallurg fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Tom' Tomsk game long ago, can be stopped today.
It's back home for Metallurg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Volgar Astrakhan away with the result 2-0.
Before that, Metallurg drew at home versus SKA Khabarovsk.The match schedule is unforgiving for Metallurg Lipetsk as they have a new game in only four days, a FNL match thankfully also at home. Baltika are visiting.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Metallurg here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Metallurg defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Veles form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in FNL, are W4-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the FNL.
F. Stamenković, A. Batsuev and A. Vulfov scored in Veles's previous match, the home game against Krasnodar II that ended 3-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Volgar Astrakhan with the score of 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Torpedo Moskva in just three days.
Veles find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Veles are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Arustamyan 5 goals |  A. Galoyan 3 goals | A. Batsuev 3 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Veles missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Veles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 37 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 69% |
| 56% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 6.5 | 4.9 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 3.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 10.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 10.1 | 9.9 |
| 3.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 25% | 21% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 27% |
- 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 (-24) in FNL
- Veles have the most clean sheets (4) away in FNL
- Veles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 3 | Torpedo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | SKA Khabarovsk | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 7 | Veles | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva II | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 25 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Akron | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotor Volgograd | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Baltika | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Dolgie Prudy | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Tom' Tomsk | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Tekstilshchik | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 18 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 19 | Volgar Astrakhan | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 9 |
| 20 | Urozhay | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 8 |