Football tips: Spartak Moskva II vs Fakel - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Wed 28.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)

Spartak Moskva II hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 43 points and a 15th position in the FNL table. Visiting Fakel holds 11th place with 53 pts.

Insights:
  • Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Spartak saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the FNL. That game was an away game at Yenisey, so at least Spartak are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Spartak's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Fakel have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Fakel when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from ten matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 20.

Spartak are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Fakel are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Spartak Moskva II form and stats

Spartak Moskva II's struggle is real here with only 17 points collected from 17 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-8.

Spartak faced defeat in their previous match, away at Yenisey (2-4). Before that, Spartak had a home game versus Volgar Astrakhan which ended with a victory 2-0.

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?

The manager E. Bushmanov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olimpiyets in only four days.

Spartak aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 16 goals from 17 games. Spartak have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Fakel form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their FNL travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. Fakel has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Fakel lost away at Krylya Sovetov (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Tekstilshchik.

Fakel lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

Fakel have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 22 goals have been scored. Fakel have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Spartak Moskva II and Fakel have met before this season: Fakel - Spartak 1-1. Last six meetings between the teams: Spartak won three, Fakel won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FakelA. Razborov
A. Razborov
12 goals
SpartakM. Ignatov
M. Ignatov
9 goals
FakelO. Dmitriev
O. Dmitriev
7 goals

Spartak Moskva II missing players

Fakel missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva II Fakel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 17 6 Played P 5 18 37
12 4 2 Won W 3 6 14
7 5 2 Drew D 0 3 11
18 8 2 Lost L 2 9 12
42 16 6 Scored S 9 22 47
61 25 5 Conceded C 4 27 39
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
78% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 65%
54% 47% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 61% 41%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 22%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
46% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 56% 46%
27% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 28% 38%
32% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.3 2.5
8 4 2 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
8.8 9.4 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13.6 10.5 9.9
3.7 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.5 3.6
31% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 35%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Fakel 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 37 27 5 5 84 24 19 17 1 1 55 7 18 10 4 4 29 17 60 86
2 Orenburg 38 24 10 4 66 29 19 12 5 2 37 16 19 12 5 2 29 13 37 82
3 Olimpiyets 38 25 6 7 58 24 19 14 2 3 33 10 19 11 4 4 25 14 34 81
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 37 19 10 8 67 35 19 11 5 3 42 20 18 8 5 5 25 15 32 67
5 Torpedo Moskva 37 19 8 10 61 34 18 10 3 5 30 14 19 9 5 5 31 20 27 65
6 Baltika 37 19 7 11 41 31 17 8 2 7 17 13 20 11 5 4 24 18 10 64
7 Veles 38 17 11 10 52 42 20 9 7 4 32 23 18 8 4 6 20 19 10 62
8 Neftekhimik 37 17 9 11 56 39 18 9 6 3 35 14 19 8 3 8 21 25 17 60
9 Yenisey 38 17 5 16 47 50 19 10 0 9 30 25 19 7 5 7 17 25 -3 56
10 SKA Khabarovsk 38 15 9 14 46 41 19 9 6 4 21 13 19 6 3 10 25 28 5 54
11 Fakel 37 14 11 12 47 39 19 8 8 3 25 12 18 6 3 9 22 27 8 53
12 Volgar Astrakhan 37 14 9 14 44 40 19 10 6 3 27 16 18 4 3 11 17 24 4 51
13 Chayka 37 12 10 15 39 48 18 6 2 10 18 26 19 6 8 5 21 22 -9 46
14 Tekstilshchik 37 11 11 15 28 42 20 6 8 6 13 19 17 5 3 9 15 23 -14 44
15 Spartak Moskva II 37 12 7 18 42 61 17 4 5 8 16 25 20 8 2 10 26 36 -19 43
16 Krasnodar II 37 10 11 16 43 57 18 8 5 5 31 23 19 2 6 11 12 34 -14 41
17 Akron 37 9 11 17 30 47 18 5 7 6 17 19 19 4 4 11 13 28 -17 38
18 Irtysh 38 9 8 21 30 51 19 5 3 11 11 26 19 4 5 10 19 25 -21 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 38 8 10 20 27 47 18 3 4 11 13 25 20 5 6 9 14 22 -20 34
20 Dinamo Bryansk 37 9 5 23 21 59 19 6 1 12 13 29 18 3 4 11 8 30 -38 29
21 Chertanovo 37 7 4 26 27 68 19 3 3 13 13 30 18 4 1 13 14 38 -41 25
22 Shinnik 38 4 9 25 35 83 20 3 4 13 20 37 18 1 5 12 15 46 -48 21

Table
  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 37 27 5 5 84 24 19 17 1 1 55 7 18 10 4 4 29 17 60 86
2 Orenburg 38 24 10 4 66 29 19 12 5 2 37 16 19 12 5 2 29 13 37 82
3 Olimpiyets 38 25 6 7 58 24 19 14 2 3 33 10 19 11 4 4 25 14 34 81
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 37 19 10 8 67 35 19 11 5 3 42 20 18 8 5 5 25 15 32 67
5 Torpedo Moskva 37 19 8 10 61 34 18 10 3 5 30 14 19 9 5 5 31 20 27 65
6 Baltika 37 19 7 11 41 31 17 8 2 7 17 13 20 11 5 4 24 18 10 64
7 Veles 38 17 11 10 52 42 20 9 7 4 32 23 18 8 4 6 20 19 10 62
8 Neftekhimik 37 17 9 11 56 39 18 9 6 3 35 14 19 8 3 8 21 25 17 60
9 Yenisey 38 17 5 16 47 50 19 10 0 9 30 25 19 7 5 7 17 25 -3 56
10 SKA Khabarovsk 38 15 9 14 46 41 19 9 6 4 21 13 19 6 3 10 25 28 5 54
11 Fakel 37 14 11 12 47 39 19 8 8 3 25 12 18 6 3 9 22 27 8 53
12 Volgar Astrakhan 37 14 9 14 44 40 19 10 6 3 27 16 18 4 3 11 17 24 4 51
13 Chayka 37 12 10 15 39 48 18 6 2 10 18 26 19 6 8 5 21 22 -9 46
14 Tekstilshchik 37 11 11 15 28 42 20 6 8 6 13 19 17 5 3 9 15 23 -14 44
15 Spartak Moskva II 37 12 7 18 42 61 17 4 5 8 16 25 20 8 2 10 26 36 -19 43
16 Krasnodar II 37 10 11 16 43 57 18 8 5 5 31 23 19 2 6 11 12 34 -14 41
17 Akron 37 9 11 17 30 47 18 5 7 6 17 19 19 4 4 11 13 28 -17 38
18 Irtysh 38 9 8 21 30 51 19 5 3 11 11 26 19 4 5 10 19 25 -21 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 38 8 10 20 27 47 18 3 4 11 13 25 20 5 6 9 14 22 -20 34
20 Dinamo Bryansk 37 9 5 23 21 59 19 6 1 12 13 29 18 3 4 11 8 30 -38 29
21 Chertanovo 37 7 4 26 27 68 19 3 3 13 13 30 18 4 1 13 14 38 -41 25
22 Shinnik 38 4 9 25 35 83 20 3 4 13 20 37 18 1 5 12 15 46 -48 21

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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.