Veles will want to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 9 points behind Fakel.
- Veles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Veles form and stats
Veles have played 9 FNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Veles to get some points in this home game.
The spoils were shared in Veles's previous game, also at home. Visiting Arsenal Tula (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Baltika in the FNL.Veles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Avangard with 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Veles have conceded 12 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fakel form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the FNL.
Fakel failed to get anything from their last game, a Russian Cup home match vs Olimpiyets that ended with defeat 0-1.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Metallurg Lipetsk in the FNL.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fakel have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Fakel have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Veles and Fakel have played each other before this season: Fakel - Veles 1-0. Stats for the preceeding three meetings involving these two participants are: zero wins for Veles, two draws and one win for Fakel. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 9 goals |  A. Galoyan 5 goals | R. Akbashev 5 goals |
Veles missing players
Fakel missing players
| Veles | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 31 |
| 21 | 12 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 68% |
| 32% | 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 21% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 5% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 37% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 26% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 26% |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.1 | 10.2 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 39% |
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fakel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Veles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Orenburg | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Torpedo Moskva | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Neftekhimik | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Chayka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fakel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Akron | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Baltika | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | KAMAZ | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Veles | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Spartak Moskva II | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Tom' Tomsk | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Dolgie Prudy | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Yenisey | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Krasnodar II | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Tekstilshchik | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 12 |