Neftekhimik supporters put their faith in manager Novikov to deliver victory against KAMAZ

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neftekhimik (3000 seats)

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.

W D L W L

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.

L L L L D

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

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.