SKA Khabarovsk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Neftekhimik.
It's no vacation for neither Khabarovsk nor Neftekhimik 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.
SKA Khabarovsk form and stats
SKA Khabarovsk have collected 18 points from their FNL home games so far after 5-3-2.
Khabarovsk are returning here after visiting Dinamo Bryansk in a FNL game and winning with a 5-2 scoreline. V. Bragin, K. Bazelyuk (3) and I. Kvekveskiri scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Khabarovsk won a home game hosting Rubin Kazan (1-0).
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for K. Bazelyuk when beating Dinamo Bryansk, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Khabarovsk, as the FNL home game vs Tekstilshchik is only four days away.
Khabarovsk has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Khabarovsk have conceded only 7 goals.
Neftekhimik form and stats
Playing away, Neftekhimik have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the FNL this season.
Neftekhimik play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Veles (placed 5th). Prior to that result Neftekhimik won their away game at Baltika. The scoreline was 1-0.
A new game in only four days for Neftekhimik, the FNL home match versus Orenburg. Busy days.
Neftekhimik are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Neftekhimik have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Barkov 7 goals |  K. Bazelyuk 6 goals |  I. Petrov 6 goals |
SKA Khabarovsk missing players
Neftekhimik missing players
| SKA Khabarovsk | Neftekhimik | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 24 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 35% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 25% | 10% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 20% | 10% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 40% | 30% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 47% |
| 40% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 202 | 117 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 81 | 200 |
| 75 | 40 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 34 | 72 |
| 35% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 42% |
- Neftekhimik 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 | Olimpiyets | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 30 | 42 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 40 |
| 5 | Veles | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 6 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 37 |
| 7 | Neftekhimik | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | Baltika | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva II | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | SKA Khabarovsk | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Chayka | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 23 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Fakel | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 18 | Akron | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Irtysh | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Chertanovo | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 14 |
| 21 | Shinnik | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 13 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 11 |