Orenburg vs Veles: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gazovik (7520 seats)

Another interesting game in the FNL. Orenburg is in the 5th position after playing five matches. They welcome Veles who are placed 3rd after five games.

Insights:
  • Orenburg have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in FNL
  • Veles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Orenburg and Veles should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Orenburg form and stats

Orenburg must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three FNL games here at Stadion Gazovik.

Happy days for Orenburg in their previous game, a FNL match away at Tom' Tomsk (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Ahead of that match, Orenburg lost 0-2 at home to Fakel.

Orenburg are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Gazovik in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. From these home matches, Orenburg have conceded only 2 goals.

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Veles form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the FNL away games so far for Veles with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for Veles in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The Veles goalkeeper Petr Kosarevski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 336 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Veles play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Spartak Moskva II (placed 10th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Tom' Tomsk (after extra-time, 9-8 on penalties) in the Russian Cup.

The visiting Veles have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Veles are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Orenburg wins - draws - Veles wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OrenburgJ. Fameyeh
J. Fameyeh
3 goals
OrenburgM. Sivakov
M. Sivakov
2 goals
OrenburgA. Mironov
A. Mironov
2 goals

Orenburg missing players

Veles missing players

Orenburg Veles
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 1 3 5
3 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
11 8 0 Scored S 0 4 6
4 2 2 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 40%
60% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
40% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 80%
20% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 20%
 
6 5.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.8
4.4 5.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.7 4.8
4.4 3.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.2 17.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.7 10.4
5 6.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5
44% 42% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 24%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • All of Orenburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Orenburg have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in FNL
  • Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Veles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Veles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Orenburg Last season Veles
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
28 14   Won W   8 18
10 5   Drew D   5 12
4 2   Lost L   8 12
78 42   Scored S   20 54
33 18   Conceded C   22 46
93% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   81% 88%
76% 81%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 69%
57% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 19%
10% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 10%
52% 52%   BTTS BTTS   43% 52%
45% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 29%
10% 10%   Failed to Score F T   43% 31%
 
5.3 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.2
4.1 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.6
2.9 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.7
6 6   Red cards R C   1 5
 
13 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9
5.5 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 3.7
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 34%

  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 5 4 1 0 11 2 4 3 1 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 9 13
2 Fakel 5 4 1 0 9 3 4 3 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 13
3 Veles 5 4 0 1 6 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 4 1 5 12
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 SKA Khabarovsk 5 3 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 11
5 Orenburg 5 3 1 1 11 4 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 7 10
6 Spartak Vladikavkaz 5 3 1 1 11 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 4 10
7 Neftekhimik 5 2 2 1 6 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 8
8 KAMAZ 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
9 Rotor Volgograd 5 1 4 0 3 2 4 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
10 Spartak Moskva II 5 2 1 2 4 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 7
11 Akron 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 5
12 Krasnodar II 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 5
13 Baltika 5 0 4 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 4
14 Yenisey 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 -4 4
15 Volgar Astrakhan 5 1 1 3 2 7 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 4
16 Metallurg Lipetsk 5 1 1 3 5 14 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 9 -9 4
17 Tekstilshchik 5 0 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 1 1 2 -2 3
18 Tom' Tomsk 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 3
19 Dolgie Prudy 5 0 2 3 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 5 -4 2
20 Urozhay 5 0 1 4 6 11 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 -5 1

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.