Soccer betting preview: Neftekhimik welcomes Torpedo Moskva in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neftekhimik (3000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Neftekhimik - Torpedo Moskva!

Insights:
  • Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Torpedo Moskva have the most scored goals (28) away in FNL

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Torpedo Moskva's home stadium. The visitors last 25 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Torpedo Moskva, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Neftekhimik form and stats

The story so far in the FNL for Neftekhimik at their home stadium (Stadion Neftekhimik) is 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Neftekhimik. Neftekhimik have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Neftekhimik, who played 1-1 against Shinnik. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Neftekhimik). Before that, Neftekhimik played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Fakel.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Neftekhimik have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost zero.

Neftekhimik have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Neftekhimik with 30 goals in 16 league matches. From these home matches, Neftekhimik have conceded only 10 goals.

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (28) away in FNL, on their FNL travels is 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

203 minutes! That's how long the Torpedo goalkeeper Vitalii Botnar and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two travels in a row for Torpedo Moskva, whose manager A. Borodyuk could celebrate last time after the FNL win against Dinamo Bryansk. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Irtysh.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Torpedo Moskva in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Torpedo Moskva, one draw and one defeat.

Torpedo Moskva are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Torpedo Moskva have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Torpedo Moskva - Neftekhimik 4-0 played earlier this season. Neftekhimik-Torpedo Moskva H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Neftekhimik one win, Torpedo Moskva one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo MoskvaA. Kalmykov
A. Kalmykov
12 goals
NeftekhimikM. Uridia
M. Uridia
11 goals
Torpedo MoskvaI. Lebedenko
I. Lebedenko
9 goals

Neftekhimik missing players

Torpedo Moskva missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Neftekhimik Torpedo Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 3 17 35
15 8 0 Won W 0 9 19
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
11 3 2 Lost L 2 5 10
48 30 2 Scored S 1 28 58
35 10 4 Conceded C 7 17 31
94% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 91%
65% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 66%
38% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 49%
26% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 26%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 24% 17%
44% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 35% 37%
35% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 47% 46%
26% 19% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.9 5.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2.4
5 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
9.3 9.9 5.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.2 10.4
3.3 3.1 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.6 4.4
43% 61% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 46% 38%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Torpedo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torpedo Moskva have the most scored goals (28) away in FNL

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krylya Sovetov 34 25 4 5 76 21 18 16 1 1 50 6 16 9 3 4 26 15 55 79
2 Olimpiyets 35 23 6 6 54 22 18 13 2 3 31 10 17 10 4 3 23 12 32 75
3 Orenburg 35 21 10 4 57 25 17 10 5 2 30 13 18 11 5 2 27 12 32 73
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 35 18 9 8 65 34 18 11 4 3 41 19 17 7 5 5 24 15 31 63
5 Torpedo Moskva 35 19 6 10 58 31 18 10 3 5 30 14 17 9 3 5 28 17 27 63
6 Baltika 35 18 7 10 40 30 16 8 2 6 17 12 19 10 5 4 23 18 10 61
7 Neftekhimik 35 16 8 11 51 35 16 8 5 3 30 10 19 8 3 8 21 25 16 56
8 Veles 35 15 10 10 46 39 19 8 7 4 30 22 16 7 3 6 16 17 7 55
9 Volgar Astrakhan 35 14 9 12 44 37 18 10 6 2 27 15 17 4 3 10 17 22 7 51
10 Fakel 35 13 11 11 45 34 18 7 8 3 24 12 17 6 3 8 21 22 11 50
11 SKA Khabarovsk 35 14 8 13 41 39 17 9 5 3 20 11 18 5 3 10 21 28 2 50
12 Yenisey 35 15 5 15 41 46 17 9 0 8 25 21 18 6 5 7 16 25 -5 50
13 Chayka 35 12 10 13 39 45 17 6 2 9 18 25 18 6 8 4 21 20 -6 46
14 Tekstilshchik 35 11 10 14 28 41 19 6 7 6 13 19 16 5 3 8 15 22 -13 43
15 Spartak Moskva II 34 11 7 16 36 52 16 3 5 8 14 25 18 8 2 8 22 27 -16 40
16 Krasnodar II 35 9 11 15 40 55 17 7 5 5 29 23 18 2 6 10 11 32 -15 38
17 Akron 35 9 10 16 27 43 17 5 6 6 16 18 18 4 4 10 11 25 -16 37
18 Irtysh 35 9 8 18 29 46 18 5 3 10 11 25 17 4 5 8 18 21 -17 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 35 7 8 20 25 46 17 3 3 11 13 25 18 4 5 9 12 21 -21 29
20 Chertanovo 35 7 4 24 25 60 17 3 3 11 11 22 18 4 1 13 14 38 -35 25
21 Dinamo Bryansk 35 8 4 23 18 57 18 5 1 12 11 28 17 3 3 11 7 29 -39 25
22 Shinnik 35 4 7 24 33 80 18 3 3 12 18 34 17 1 4 12 15 46 -47 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krylya Sovetov 34 25 4 5 76 21 18 16 1 1 50 6 16 9 3 4 26 15 55 79
2 Olimpiyets 35 23 6 6 54 22 18 13 2 3 31 10 17 10 4 3 23 12 32 75
3 Orenburg 35 21 10 4 57 25 17 10 5 2 30 13 18 11 5 2 27 12 32 73
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 35 18 9 8 65 34 18 11 4 3 41 19 17 7 5 5 24 15 31 63
5 Torpedo Moskva 35 19 6 10 58 31 18 10 3 5 30 14 17 9 3 5 28 17 27 63
6 Baltika 35 18 7 10 40 30 16 8 2 6 17 12 19 10 5 4 23 18 10 61
7 Neftekhimik 35 16 8 11 51 35 16 8 5 3 30 10 19 8 3 8 21 25 16 56
8 Veles 35 15 10 10 46 39 19 8 7 4 30 22 16 7 3 6 16 17 7 55
9 Volgar Astrakhan 35 14 9 12 44 37 18 10 6 2 27 15 17 4 3 10 17 22 7 51
10 Fakel 35 13 11 11 45 34 18 7 8 3 24 12 17 6 3 8 21 22 11 50
11 SKA Khabarovsk 35 14 8 13 41 39 17 9 5 3 20 11 18 5 3 10 21 28 2 50
12 Yenisey 35 15 5 15 41 46 17 9 0 8 25 21 18 6 5 7 16 25 -5 50
13 Chayka 35 12 10 13 39 45 17 6 2 9 18 25 18 6 8 4 21 20 -6 46
14 Tekstilshchik 35 11 10 14 28 41 19 6 7 6 13 19 16 5 3 8 15 22 -13 43
15 Spartak Moskva II 34 11 7 16 36 52 16 3 5 8 14 25 18 8 2 8 22 27 -16 40
16 Krasnodar II 35 9 11 15 40 55 17 7 5 5 29 23 18 2 6 10 11 32 -15 38
17 Akron 35 9 10 16 27 43 17 5 6 6 16 18 18 4 4 10 11 25 -16 37
18 Irtysh 35 9 8 18 29 46 18 5 3 10 11 25 17 4 5 8 18 21 -17 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 35 7 8 20 25 46 17 3 3 11 13 25 18 4 5 9 12 21 -21 29
20 Chertanovo 35 7 4 24 25 60 17 3 3 11 11 22 18 4 1 13 14 38 -35 25
21 Dinamo Bryansk 35 8 4 23 18 57 18 5 1 12 11 28 17 3 3 11 7 29 -39 25
22 Shinnik 35 4 7 24 33 80 18 3 3 12 18 34 17 1 4 12 15 46 -47 19

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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.