Torpedo Moskva vs Volgar Astrakhan: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Torpedo Moskva perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Volgar Astrakhan can look both up and down from their 12th position.

Insights:
  • Torpedo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Volgar Astrakhan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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 2 defeats from four games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-4. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's quite the trip for Volgar Astrakhan when visiting Torpedo as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

Astrakhan is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

The story so far in the FNL for Torpedo Moskva at their home stadium is 11 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.

Torpedo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The Torpedo Moskva fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 19 league matches. From these home matches, Torpedo have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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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 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-11 (win-draw-lose).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Astrakhan as they have only managed to score 18 times from 19 away games in the league. 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 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Volgar Astrakhan - Torpedo Moskva 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Torpedo two wins, zero draws and Volgar Astrakhan one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo MoskvaA. Kalmykov
A. Kalmykov
12 goals
TorpedoI. Lebedenko
I. Lebedenko
10 goals

Torpedo Moskva missing players

Volgar Astrakhan missing players

Torpedo Moskva Volgar Astrakhan
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 6 19 39
20 11 2 Won W 0 4 14
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 11
11 5 3 Lost L 5 11 14
64 32 7 Scored S 2 18 46
40 15 6 Conceded C 11 25 42
92% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
69% 68% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 74% 72%
51% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 41%
28% 21% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 13%
18% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
44% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 54%
41% 42% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
23% 21% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.2 3.2
7 3 2 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
10.5 11.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.1 9.5
4.5 5.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.2 3.6
36% 32% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 30% 32%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Torpedo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 38 28 5 5 89 25 20 18 1 1 60 8 18 10 4 4 29 17 64 89
2 Orenburg 39 25 10 4 69 31 19 12 5 2 37 16 20 13 5 2 32 15 38 85
3 Olimpiyets 39 25 6 8 59 26 20 14 2 4 34 12 19 11 4 4 25 14 33 81
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 39 21 10 8 72 37 20 12 5 3 45 21 19 9 5 5 27 16 35 73
5 Torpedo Moskva 39 20 8 11 64 40 19 11 3 5 32 15 20 9 5 6 32 25 24 68
6 Baltika 39 20 7 12 44 33 18 9 2 7 19 13 21 11 5 5 25 20 11 67
7 Neftekhimik 39 18 10 11 59 41 19 10 6 3 37 15 20 8 4 8 22 26 18 64
8 Veles 39 17 11 11 52 43 20 9 7 4 32 23 19 8 4 7 20 20 9 62
9 Yenisey 39 18 5 16 49 51 19 10 0 9 30 25 20 8 5 7 19 26 -2 59
10 Fakel 39 15 12 12 53 43 20 8 9 3 26 13 19 7 3 9 27 30 10 57
11 SKA Khabarovsk 39 16 9 14 48 42 19 9 6 4 21 13 20 7 3 10 27 29 6 57
12 Volgar Astrakhan 39 14 11 14 46 42 20 10 7 3 28 17 19 4 4 11 18 25 4 53
13 Chayka 39 12 11 16 40 52 19 6 3 10 19 27 20 6 8 6 21 25 -12 47
14 Tekstilshchik 39 11 11 17 29 46 21 6 8 7 13 21 18 5 3 10 16 25 -17 44
15 Spartak Moskva II 38 12 7 19 45 66 18 4 5 9 19 30 20 8 2 10 26 36 -21 43
16 Krasnodar II 39 10 12 17 45 61 19 8 6 5 32 24 20 2 6 12 13 37 -16 42
17 Akron 39 10 11 18 33 49 19 5 7 7 18 21 20 5 4 11 15 28 -16 41
18 Tom' Tomsk 39 9 10 20 30 47 19 4 4 11 16 25 20 5 6 9 14 22 -17 37
19 Irtysh 39 9 8 22 31 53 20 5 3 12 12 28 19 4 5 10 19 25 -22 35
20 Dinamo Bryansk 39 10 5 24 22 61 20 7 1 12 14 29 19 3 4 12 8 32 -39 32
21 Chertanovo 39 7 5 27 30 72 20 3 3 14 15 33 19 4 2 13 15 39 -42 26
22 Shinnik 39 4 10 25 36 84 20 3 4 13 20 37 19 1 6 12 16 47 -48 22

Read more about FNL

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.