Spartak Moskva II vs Volgar Astrakhan betting preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova (16500 seats)

Spartak Moskva II hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 40 points and a 16th position in the FNL table. Visiting Volgar Astrakhan holds 11th place with 51 pts.

Insights:
  • Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It should be mentioned that Volgar Astrakhan play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Volgar Astrakhan on artifical turf are 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat from three games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Spartak Moskva II form and stats

Spartak Moskva II's results here at Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova in the FNL have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. Spartak are slowly digging their own grave here at Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the SKA Khabarovsk match.

In their previous game, the manager E. Bushmanov led his Spartak to a defeat in the FNL match away at Orenburg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova. In the game before, an away victory match versus Chayka with a 2-0 scoreline.

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 penalty miss from M. Ignatov in the defeat against Orenburg was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Spartak Moskva II here at Futbol'naya Akademiya Spartak im. F. Cherenkova in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 16 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Spartak defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Volgar Astrakhan form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Volgar Astrakhan so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-10 (win-draw-lose). Volgar Astrakhan has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FNL home defeat versus Krylya Sovetov with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tekstilshchik that ended 1-1.

Astrakhan have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Astrakhan have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Volgar Astrakhan - Spartak 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Spartak one win, zero draws and Volgar Astrakhan two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Volgar AstrakhanA. Pogosov
A. Pogosov
7 goals
SpartakM. Ignatov
M. Ignatov
6 goals

Spartak Moskva II missing players

Volgar Astrakhan missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva II Volgar Astrakhan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 16 5 Played P 6 17 36
11 3 1 Won W 3 4 14
7 5 2 Drew D 1 3 9
17 8 2 Lost L 2 10 13
38 14 4 Scored S 9 17 44
57 25 5 Conceded C 5 22 38
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
77% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 69%
54% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 44%
17% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 14%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
46% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 53%
26% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 22%
34% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 41% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 3.1
7 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.9 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.2 9.5
3.7 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.7
29% 20% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 33%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 35 26 4 5 77 21 18 16 1 1 50 6 17 10 3 4 27 15 56 82
2 Olimpiyets 36 24 6 6 55 22 18 13 2 3 31 10 18 11 4 3 24 12 33 78
3 Orenburg 36 22 10 4 62 27 18 11 5 2 35 15 18 11 5 2 27 12 35 76
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 36 19 9 8 66 34 18 11 4 3 41 19 18 8 5 5 25 15 32 66
5 Torpedo Moskva 36 19 7 10 60 33 18 10 3 5 30 14 18 9 4 5 30 19 27 64
6 Baltika 36 18 7 11 40 31 17 8 2 7 17 13 19 10 5 4 23 18 9 61
7 Veles 36 16 10 10 50 41 19 8 7 4 30 22 17 8 3 6 20 19 9 58
8 Neftekhimik 36 16 9 11 53 37 17 8 6 3 32 12 19 8 3 8 21 25 16 57
9 Fakel 36 14 11 11 46 34 19 8 8 3 25 12 17 6 3 8 21 22 12 53
10 Yenisey 36 16 5 15 42 46 17 9 0 8 25 21 19 7 5 7 17 25 -4 53
11 Volgar Astrakhan 36 14 9 13 44 38 19 10 6 3 27 16 17 4 3 10 17 22 6 51
12 SKA Khabarovsk 36 14 8 14 41 40 18 9 5 4 20 12 18 5 3 10 21 28 1 50
13 Chayka 36 12 10 14 39 46 18 6 2 10 18 26 18 6 8 4 21 20 -7 46
14 Tekstilshchik 36 11 10 15 28 42 19 6 7 6 13 19 17 5 3 9 15 23 -14 43
15 Krasnodar II 36 10 11 15 42 55 18 8 5 5 31 23 18 2 6 10 11 32 -13 41
16 Spartak Moskva II 35 11 7 17 38 57 16 3 5 8 14 25 19 8 2 9 24 32 -19 40
17 Akron 36 9 11 16 28 44 18 5 7 6 17 19 18 4 4 10 11 25 -16 38
18 Irtysh 36 9 8 19 29 48 18 5 3 10 11 25 18 4 5 9 18 23 -19 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 36 8 8 20 26 46 17 3 3 11 13 25 19 5 5 9 13 21 -20 32
20 Dinamo Bryansk 36 8 5 23 19 58 18 5 1 12 11 28 18 3 4 11 8 30 -39 26
21 Chertanovo 36 7 4 25 27 64 18 3 3 12 13 26 18 4 1 13 14 38 -37 25
22 Shinnik 36 4 7 25 33 81 19 3 3 13 18 35 17 1 4 12 15 46 -48 19

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 35 26 4 5 77 21 18 16 1 1 50 6 17 10 3 4 27 15 56 82
2 Olimpiyets 36 24 6 6 55 22 18 13 2 3 31 10 18 11 4 3 24 12 33 78
3 Orenburg 36 22 10 4 62 27 18 11 5 2 35 15 18 11 5 2 27 12 35 76
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 36 19 9 8 66 34 18 11 4 3 41 19 18 8 5 5 25 15 32 66
5 Torpedo Moskva 36 19 7 10 60 33 18 10 3 5 30 14 18 9 4 5 30 19 27 64
6 Baltika 36 18 7 11 40 31 17 8 2 7 17 13 19 10 5 4 23 18 9 61
7 Veles 36 16 10 10 50 41 19 8 7 4 30 22 17 8 3 6 20 19 9 58
8 Neftekhimik 36 16 9 11 53 37 17 8 6 3 32 12 19 8 3 8 21 25 16 57
9 Fakel 36 14 11 11 46 34 19 8 8 3 25 12 17 6 3 8 21 22 12 53
10 Yenisey 36 16 5 15 42 46 17 9 0 8 25 21 19 7 5 7 17 25 -4 53
11 Volgar Astrakhan 36 14 9 13 44 38 19 10 6 3 27 16 17 4 3 10 17 22 6 51
12 SKA Khabarovsk 36 14 8 14 41 40 18 9 5 4 20 12 18 5 3 10 21 28 1 50
13 Chayka 36 12 10 14 39 46 18 6 2 10 18 26 18 6 8 4 21 20 -7 46
14 Tekstilshchik 36 11 10 15 28 42 19 6 7 6 13 19 17 5 3 9 15 23 -14 43
15 Krasnodar II 36 10 11 15 42 55 18 8 5 5 31 23 18 2 6 10 11 32 -13 41
16 Spartak Moskva II 35 11 7 17 38 57 16 3 5 8 14 25 19 8 2 9 24 32 -19 40
17 Akron 36 9 11 16 28 44 18 5 7 6 17 19 18 4 4 10 11 25 -16 38
18 Irtysh 36 9 8 19 29 48 18 5 3 10 11 25 18 4 5 9 18 23 -19 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 36 8 8 20 26 46 17 3 3 11 13 25 19 5 5 9 13 21 -20 32
20 Dinamo Bryansk 36 8 5 23 19 58 18 5 1 12 11 28 18 3 4 11 8 30 -39 26
21 Chertanovo 36 7 4 25 27 64 18 3 3 12 13 26 18 4 1 13 14 38 -37 25
22 Shinnik 36 4 7 25 33 81 19 3 3 13 18 35 17 1 4 12 15 46 -48 19

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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.