FNL: High-level versus modest, at least based on the league table. Torpedo Moskva - Volgar Astrakhan. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Torpedo Moskva have not yet lost a game at home.
- Volgar Astrakhan have the most matches under the total-line (17) in FNL
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.
Torpedo's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Volgar Astrakhan 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 Volgar Astrakhan when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses from five matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 6.
These teams have little in common geographically as Volgar Astrakhan have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Torpedo Moskva form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 12 FNL games here for Torpedo Moskva. The data says 6 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Torpedo Moskva tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Torpedo drew their last game, also a home match. SKA Khabarovsk (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A 3-3 draw away before that, with Dolgie Prudy the opponent.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 12 games), Torpedo's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Torpedo have conceded only 11 goals.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
Volgar Astrakhan have only collected 12 points from their away games in the FNL, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
Astrakhan have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. D. Kozlov was the goal scorer. 493 minutes! That's how long the Astrakhan goalkeeper Oleg Smirnov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Astrakhan delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Krasnodar II (placed 12th) in their previous match; a FNL game.
Before that, Volgar Astrakhan travelled to KAMAZ and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Volgar Astrakhan have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Volgar Astrakhan - Torpedo Moskva 0-1 was the score in these squads' latest H2H match, played this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Torpedo Moskva victories, zero draws and one Volgar Astrakhan win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kalmykov 12 goals | M. Sultonov 9 goals |  I. Lebedenko 7 goals |
Torpedo Moskva missing players
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
| Torpedo Moskva | Volgar Astrakhan | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 45 | 27 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 28 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 71% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 29% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11.5 | 12.3 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 41% | 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 21% |
| 10 | 9.2 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.5 | 11 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Torpedo Moskva have not yet lost a game at home.
- Torpedo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Torpedo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Torpedo Moskva have scored more than double the goals of Volgar Astrakhan.
- Torpedo Moskva have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Volgar Astrakhan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Volgar Astrakhan have the most matches under the total-line (17) in FNL
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orenburg | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 50 |
| 2 | Fakel | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
| 3 | Torpedo Moskva | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SKA Khabarovsk | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| 6 | Neftekhimik | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 40 |
| 7 | Baltika | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 8 | Akron | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Veles | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | KAMAZ | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Yenisey | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Krasnodar II | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 13 | Tom' Tomsk | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Spartak Moskva II | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Urozhay | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Rotor Volgograd | 24 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 18 | Volgar Astrakhan | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 23 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -30 | 21 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -17 | 19 |