This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by supporters of both teams, as it's the first FNL fixture of the season. Both Neftekhimik and KAMAZ are ready for a positive start to their season.
Neftekhimik form and stats
In the previous season, Neftekhimik's league results were 17 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses, providing 8th spot in the FNL. During these 38 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 43. Performing as the host team in the previous season Neftekhimik produced 9-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 19 conceded.
Up until that loss this team had gone nine consecutive league meetings without losing.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Neftekhimik, who have participated in five training matches. Neftekhimik have won 2 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
KAMAZ form and stats
Let's have a look at how KAMAZ performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 13 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 7 and lost 10 with 9/24 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for KAMAZ as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which KAMAZ have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games KAMAZ has scored 0 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Neftekhimik won five, KAMAZ were winners in three and we saw two draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Neftekhimik missing players
KAMAZ missing players
| Neftekhimik | KAMAZ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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 |
| Neftekhimik | Last season | KAMAZ | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 60 | 34 | Scored | S | 9 | 29 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 45 | ||
| 89% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 82% | ||
| 68% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 55% | ||
| 53% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 11% | ||
| 47% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 39% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 32% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 47% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.1 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 50% | 77% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 38% | ||
| 9.4 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | Spartak 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 |