Only three points good enough for Orenburg in Spartak Moskva II game

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gazovik (7520 seats)

The league table in FNL tells a story about these teams so far, with Orenburg leading Spartak Moskva II by 33 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Spartak Moskva II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a FNL match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Chayka, was also a home game here at Stadion Gazovik. The away team is better rested.

Spartak Moskva II play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Spartak Moskva II when playing on grass are 10 wins, 7 draws and 20 defeats from 37 matches. They have scored 38 goals and conceded 59 times in these games.

It's quite the trip for Spartak Moskva II when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.

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Orenburg form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Gazovik as Orenburg have scored 30 goals to get 35 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the FNL are 10-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Fakel game Orenburg has been unbeatable here at Stadion Gazovik producing four straight wins.

A nice win for Orenburg last time playing, versus Chayka. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with M. Palienko and N. Prudnikov (2) scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Orenburg lost 0-1 at SKA Khabarovsk's place.

The Orenburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 17 league matches. Orenburg have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Spartak Moskva II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their FNL travels is 8 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Spartak Moskva II, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Chayka (placed 13th) in the FNL last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Tekstilshchik.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Spartak Moskva II's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. Spartak managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Spartak Moskva II have scored 22 goals in 18 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Spartak's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Spartak Moskva II - Orenburg 0-3. Last four meetings between the teams: Orenburg won two, Spartak Moskva II won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OrenburgJ. Fameyeh
J. Fameyeh
9 goals
OrenburgN. Prudnikov
N. Prudnikov
8 goals
Spartak Moskva IIM. Ignatov
M. Ignatov
6 goals

Orenburg missing players

Spartak Moskva II missing players

Orenburg Spartak Moskva II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 18 34
21 10 3 Won W 1 8 11
10 5 2 Drew D 0 2 7
4 2 0 Lost L 4 8 16
57 30 7 Scored S 3 22 36
25 13 1 Conceded C 6 27 52
91% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
71% 76% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 78% 76%
51% 65% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 53%
17% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
49% 47% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 44%
49% 53% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 26%
11% 12% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 39% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
5 5 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
12.7 15.9 21 Shots (avg) S ( 5.6 7.7 8.6
5.2 6.2 8.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.6
31% 28% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 44% 30%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • 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.
  • Spartak Moskva II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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

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.