FNL news and pre-match guide: Torpedo Moskva small favourite to subdue Makhachkala

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sat 15.Jul
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Luzhniki (2500 seats)

Torpedo Moskva and Makhachkala supporters have their best supporter gear on for this first game week of a new FNL season. GO!

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

Disaster struck Torpedo Moskva last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League team. With 23 defeats from 30 games, and only 3 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Torpedo Moskva are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D1 L12.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Torpedo Moskva, who have participated in six training matches. Torpedo Moskva have won 1 of these, drawn 3 and were beaten in 2 games.

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Makhachkala form and stats

Let's have a look at how Makhachkala performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded {26 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 10/15 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Makhachkala have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Makhachkala wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

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Torpedo Moskva missing players

Makhachkala missing players

Torpedo Moskva Makhachkala
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Torpedo Moskva Last season Makhachkala
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   17 34
3 2   Won W   5 12
4 1   Drew D   5 10
23 12   Lost L   7 12
22 9   Scored S   10 25
61 30   Conceded C   18 29
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 79%
73% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 53%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 26%
37% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   29% 29%
13% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 47%
47% 47%   Failed to Score F T   47% 44%
 
3.5 3.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.7
5.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.2
2.4 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
5 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.1 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   2.2 1.8
3.1 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.5 0.9
23% 16%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 77%
 
18.4 17.7   Shots against (avg) S A   3.3 1.5
7 6.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0.8 0.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Spartak Vladikavkaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Arsenal Tula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Chernomorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 KAMAZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Leningradets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Makhachkala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neftekhimik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rodina Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Shinnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SKA Khabarovsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sokol Saratov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tyumen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Urozhay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Volgar Astrakhan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Yenisey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 30 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 Olimpiyets 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rubin Kazan 34 19 12 3 53 27 17 10 6 1 35 16 17 9 6 2 18 11 26 69
2 Baltika 34 18 13 3 56 30 17 11 5 1 28 15 17 7 8 2 28 15 26 67
3 Spartak Vladikavkaz 34 17 11 6 56 35 17 9 6 2 34 21 17 8 5 4 22 14 21 62
4 Yenisey 34 13 15 6 43 35 17 10 6 1 25 13 17 3 9 5 18 22 8 54
5 Rodina Moskva 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 5 6 6 20 23 17 8 5 4 22 15 4 50
6 Neftekhimik 34 12 11 11 34 33 17 6 6 5 17 15 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 47
7 Makhachkala 34 12 11 11 25 26 17 7 5 5 15 11 17 5 6 6 10 15 -1 47
8 Akron 34 10 16 8 38 36 17 5 9 3 20 14 17 5 7 5 18 22 2 46
9 Shinnik 34 13 7 14 36 41 17 10 5 2 23 11 17 3 2 12 13 30 -5 46
10 SKA Khabarovsk 34 11 11 12 50 39 17 8 6 3 32 11 17 3 5 9 18 28 11 44
11 KAMAZ 34 11 11 12 35 36 17 7 6 4 20 15 17 4 5 8 15 21 -1 44
12 Volgar Astrakhan 34 11 11 12 37 41 17 7 5 5 15 15 17 4 6 7 22 26 -4 44
13 Arsenal Tula 34 11 8 15 37 46 17 6 4 7 23 27 17 5 4 8 14 19 -9 41
14 Urozhay 34 9 10 15 36 41 17 6 4 7 19 16 17 3 6 8 17 25 -5 37
15 Veles 34 9 6 19 35 55 17 7 3 7 20 19 17 2 3 12 15 36 -20 33
16 Krasnodar II 34 8 7 19 32 54 17 4 4 9 16 25 17 4 3 10 16 29 -22 31
17 Ufa 34 7 9 18 32 46 17 5 5 7 18 19 17 2 4 11 14 27 -14 30
18 Volga Ulyanovsk 34 6 12 16 23 41 17 3 5 9 10 24 17 3 7 7 13 17 -18 30

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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.