Football tips: Neftekhimik vs Khimki - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rubin (3000 seats)

The Neftekhimik & Khimki managers Y. Utkulbaev and S. Yuran are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the FNL league table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Khimki have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Neftekhimik form and stats

Neftekhimik have collected 20 points from their FNL home games so far after 5-5-2.

Neftekhimik travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rotor Volgograd that ended 1-1. Before that, Neftekhimik had a home game versus Yenisey which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Neftekhimik fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Neftekhimik have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Khimki form and stats

Playing away, Khimki, who have the most scored goals (48) in FNL, have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the FNL this season.

Khimki go into this game after a win, the home game against Tom' Tomsk that ended 3-0. Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Torpedo Moskva in the Russian Cup.

Khimki has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Khimki - Neftekhimik 3-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

NeftekhimikM. Uridia
M. Uridia
9 goals

Neftekhimik missing players

Khimki missing players

Neftekhimik Khimki
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
13 5 1 Won W 1 5 16
8 5 1 Drew D 2 5 5
5 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
36 15 4 Scored S 2 20 48
23 12 4 Conceded C 2 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 92%
65% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 54% 62%
38% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 50%
19% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 27%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
50% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 31%
42% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 50%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 27%
 
5.2 4.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.5 5.5
5.8 4.8 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.4 3.8
2.9 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.9 3.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
264 152 37 Total Shots T S 43 151 307
96 47 10 Shots on Target S O 18 63 136
38% 32% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 32% 35%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Khimki has the fewest conceded goals (17)
  • Khimki has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Khimki has the most scored goals (48)
  • Khimki has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
  • Khimki has the the best goal difference (+31)
  • Khimki have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Neftekhimik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Neftekhimik have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Neftekhimik haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Neftekhimik is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Khimki 26 16 5 5 48 17 13 11 0 2 28 7 13 5 5 3 20 10 31 53
2 Rotor Volgograd 26 16 5 5 40 21 13 7 4 2 23 15 13 9 1 3 17 6 19 53
3 Torpedo Moskva 26 16 4 6 39 25 15 11 1 3 25 14 11 5 3 3 14 11 14 52
4 Chertanovo 26 14 9 3 34 19 12 6 4 2 18 10 14 8 5 1 16 9 15 51
5 Neftekhimik 26 13 8 5 36 23 12 5 5 2 15 12 14 8 3 3 21 11 13 47
6 Shinnik 26 12 7 7 43 34 12 5 2 5 17 17 14 7 5 2 26 17 9 43
7 SKA Khabarovsk 26 11 7 8 40 30 13 7 3 3 19 9 13 4 4 5 21 21 10 40
8 Baltika 26 11 7 8 32 23 12 6 2 4 15 10 14 5 5 4 17 13 9 40
9 Chayka 26 10 7 9 30 28 13 6 3 4 14 11 13 4 4 5 16 17 2 37
10 Tom' Tomsk 26 9 9 8 30 25 12 6 4 2 17 6 14 3 5 6 13 19 5 36
11 Olimpiyets 26 9 9 8 28 27 14 4 5 5 13 17 12 5 4 3 15 10 1 36
12 Armavir 26 7 9 10 23 27 14 5 7 2 13 10 12 2 2 8 10 17 -4 30
13 Krasnodar II 26 6 10 10 31 32 12 2 6 4 16 15 14 4 4 6 15 17 -1 28
14 Avangard Kursk 26 5 13 8 28 38 14 4 7 3 18 21 12 1 6 5 10 17 -10 28
15 Luch Vladivostok 26 6 9 11 28 39 14 2 5 7 14 22 12 4 4 4 14 17 -11 27
16 Spartak Moskva II 26 6 8 12 38 44 13 4 2 7 20 22 13 2 6 5 18 22 -6 26
17 Yenisey 26 6 7 13 22 40 12 3 4 5 14 19 14 3 3 8 8 21 -18 25
18 Mordovia Saransk 26 4 7 15 21 41 14 2 4 8 10 20 12 2 3 7 11 21 -20 19
19 Tekstilshchik 26 5 3 18 25 52 13 3 2 8 14 27 13 2 1 10 11 25 -27 18
20 Fakel 26 3 7 16 13 44 13 1 5 7 4 18 13 2 2 9 9 26 -31 16

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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.