It's finally time for the FNL season debut for these sides, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Veles or Baltika get that very important first win?
Veles form and stats
The previous season, Veles's league stats were 14 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, providing 13th spot in the FNL. From these 38 matches they scored 45 goals and let in 48. Appearing as the host team in the last season Veles delivered 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 28 conceded.
At last, a league victory after three fixtures without one.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Veles friendly games in pre-season: Veles played four friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Veles scored 3 goals and conceded 5 in these four games.
Baltika form and stats
Let's have a look at how Baltika performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 16 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 4 with 30/18 goals scored/conceded.
Baltika played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these four matches Baltika scored 6 and conceded 6 goals.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last five meetings): Veles won two games, one match ended with a draw and Baltika managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / three The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.Veles missing players
Baltika missing players
| Veles | Baltika | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |
| Veles | Last season | Baltika | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 30 | 51 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 74% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 68% | ||
| 45% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 37% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 47% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 42% | ||
| 29% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 45% | ||
| 29% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 29% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 23% | ||
| 11.6 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KAMAZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Yenisey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Akron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Baltika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Krasnodar II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 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 | Rubin Kazan' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Shinnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | SKA Khabarovsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ufa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Urozhay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Veles | 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 | Neftekhimik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Torpedo Moskva | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 65 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 75 |
| 2 | Orenburg | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 74 |
| 3 | Fakel | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 74 |
| 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 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 65 |
| 5 | Yenisey | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 63 |
| 6 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 75 | 53 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 60 |
| 7 | Baltika | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 58 |
| 8 | Neftekhimik | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 58 |
| 9 | Akron | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 58 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva II | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 58 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 53 |
| 12 | Urozhay | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | -3 | 49 |
| 13 | Veles | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 48 |
| 14 | Tom' Tomsk | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 60 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 37 | -9 | 48 |
| 15 | Dolgie Prudy | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -12 | 41 |
| 16 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 20 | -13 | 39 |
| 17 | KAMAZ | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 45 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 37 |
| 18 | Rotor Volgograd | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 23 | -16 | 36 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 41 | -39 | 33 |
| 20 | Tekstilshchik | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 76 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 37 | -45 | 23 |