Neftekhimik - Volgar Astrakhan. 4th position welcomes 20th position. The ball is round - get a thorough preview here!
- Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!
It's quite the trip for Volgar Astrakhan when visiting Neftekhimik as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Neftekhimik form and stats
Neftekhimik have collected 19 points from their FNL home games so far after 6-1-3. Two home wins in a row for Neftekhimik bring valid hopes of a third.
Neftekhimik faced defeat in their previous match, away at SKA Khabarovsk (1-3).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tekstilshchik in a game that was won 3-1.The Neftekhimik manager K. Novikov has got the team scoring with 24 from 10 home games in the league. Neftekhimik are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Volgar Astrakhan so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Volgar Astrakhan's previous game versus Akron (placed 8th), a FNL 1-0 win played at home. D. Lesnikov came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Akron last time out, making the manager A. Babayan feel like a tactical genius.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tom' Tomsk wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Volgar Astrakhan in these games.
Head 2 Head
Volgar Astrakhan - Neftekhimik 1-0 was the output when this pair of contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Neftekhimik victory, one draw and three Volgar Astrakhan wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yushin 16 goals |  M. Uridia 4 goals | D. Emelyanov 4 goals |
Neftekhimik missing players
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
| Neftekhimik | Volgar Astrakhan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 37 | 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 20% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 10% |
| 25% | 40% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 40% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9.3 | 7.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.8 | 7.4 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 56% | 83% | 93% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 21% |
| 9.4 | 7.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Neftekhimik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Neftekhimik have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Neftekhimik have scored more than double the goals of Volgar Astrakhan.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Volgar Astrakhan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Fakel | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Neftekhimik | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| 5 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 36 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Baltika | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | Akron | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 20 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -11 | 20 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -27 | 18 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 15 |