Home advantage could prove decisive in Orenburg - Baltika battle

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gazovik (4950 seats)

1st position in the FNL table for Orenburg so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Baltika visits Stadion Gazovik.

It's no vacation for neither Orenburg nor Baltika as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Baltika, who are travelling more than 2700 kilometers to play this game.

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Orenburg form and stats

Orenburg are steadily winning FNL games and points here at Stadion Gazovik. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Orenburg haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Zenit, 73 days ago. Orenburg have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Baltika in the FNL last time out and are looking for a win here. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Krasnodar II the opponent.

Opportunity lost for Orenburg in the Baltika match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orenburg handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, three draws and two defeats.

The Orenburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Orenburg have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Baltika form and stats

2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Baltika playing as the away team in the FNL this season. Two points from the last two away games for Baltika, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Baltika has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Orenburg for a FNL game that ended a draw (2-2). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Chayka.

The match against Orenburg looked like a defeat for Baltika, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Y. Kazaev equalized in the 82nd minute.

Baltika are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

Baltika find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Orenburg - Baltika 2-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Orenburg wins - draws - Baltika wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BaltikaA. de Andrade Rodrigues
A. de Andrade Rodrigues
5 goals
OrenburgŽ. Škoflek
Ž. Škoflek
4 goals
OrenburgJ. Fameyeh
J. Fameyeh
3 goals

Orenburg missing players

Baltika missing players

Orenburg Baltika
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 7 1 Played P 2 7 12
8 4 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 3 1 Drew D 1 4 4
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
18 11 1 Scored S 2 7 13
6 4 1 Conceded C 0 6 9
92% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 83%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 58%
33% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 25%
8% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 33%
58% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 58%
8% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.7 3.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
144 104 20 Total Shots T S 14 56 132
57 40 8 Shots on Target S O 4 24 51
32% 28% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 25%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Baltika have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orenburg have not yet lost a game.
  • Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Orenburg 12 8 4 0 18 6 7 4 3 0 11 4 5 4 1 0 7 2 12 28
2 Spartak Moskva II 12 8 1 3 20 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 6 5 0 1 14 4 10 25
3 Olimpiyets 12 8 1 3 16 7 8 6 1 1 13 3 4 2 0 2 3 4 9 25
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 12 7 2 3 22 12 4 3 0 1 10 6 8 4 2 2 12 6 10 23
5 Krylya Sovetov 11 7 1 3 24 8 6 4 1 1 14 1 5 3 0 2 10 6 16 22
6 Neftekhimik 11 6 3 2 16 3 7 4 2 1 11 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 13 21
7 Veles 11 6 3 2 16 14 5 2 2 1 7 9 6 4 1 1 8 5 2 21
8 Baltika 12 5 4 3 13 9 5 3 0 2 6 3 7 2 4 1 7 6 4 19
9 Krasnodar II 12 5 3 4 17 17 5 3 1 1 11 8 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
10 Chayka 11 5 3 3 12 14 6 3 0 3 7 11 5 2 3 0 5 2 -2 18
11 Torpedo Moskva 11 4 4 3 18 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 7 4 2 1 15 5 7 16
12 SKA Khabarovsk 12 5 1 6 14 16 6 4 1 1 8 5 6 1 0 5 6 11 -2 16
13 Tekstilshchik 12 4 4 4 12 15 5 2 3 0 6 4 7 2 1 4 6 11 -3 16
14 Dinamo Bryansk 12 5 0 7 6 19 7 3 0 4 3 8 5 2 0 3 3 11 -13 15
15 Volgar Astrakhan 12 4 2 6 13 13 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 2 0 5 6 9 0 14
16 Yenisey 10 4 2 4 12 14 4 3 0 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 5 10 -2 14
17 Fakel 12 3 2 7 8 12 6 2 1 3 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 8 -4 11
18 Shinnik 11 2 3 6 8 15 6 2 3 1 6 3 5 0 0 5 2 12 -7 9
19 Akron 11 2 2 7 4 13 4 2 0 2 3 4 7 0 2 5 1 9 -9 8
20 Chertanovo 12 2 2 8 6 17 8 1 1 6 3 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 -11 8
21 Irtysh 12 1 2 9 6 23 6 1 0 5 3 15 6 0 2 4 3 8 -17 5
22 Tom' Tomsk 11 0 3 8 3 16 7 0 2 5 3 11 4 0 1 3 0 5 -13 3

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.