Home advantage could prove decisive in Rotor Volgograd - Chertanovo battle

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Chertanovo when visiting Rotor Volgograd as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Rotor Volgograd form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 FNL games here at Zenit Stadium for Rotor Volgograd. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. After failing to beat Torpedo Moskva here at Zenit Stadium, Rotor Volgograd has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Rotor Volgograd's last game was hosting Yenisey (placed 17th) and winning 2-1. Before that match, a win away at Tekstilshchik.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotor Volgograd handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rotor Volgograd as they are travelling to their away game against Khimki in the FNL. That match is four days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Rotor Volgograd's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Rotor Volgograd have conceded 13 goals.

Chertanovo form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in FNL, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses in the FNL. Chertanovo have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Chertanovo has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Armavir.

Chertanovo are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the FNL against Fakel (placed 18th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Yenisey with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, Chertanovo was the only team on the pitch versus Fakel in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

We have checked recent matches where Chertanovo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W2-D2-L2.

After this away game Chertanovo return home for a FNL game against Baltika. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Chertanovo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Chertanovo's manager I. Osinkin has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chertanovo - Rotor Volgograd 1-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Rotor Volgograd, 1 draw and 2 wins for Chertanovo. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

V. Sarveli 12 goals

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Chertanovo missing players