Betting preview: Veles vs Rotor Volgograd should be interesting

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Mon 20.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Avangard (5100 seats)

Who will claim the win when Rotor Volgograd go to play Veles? In this preview you'll learn all the relevant news and data needed to predict the outcome.

Insights:
  • Veles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotor Volgograd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

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.

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Veles form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Veles have to build on here at Stadion Avangard in the FNL.

Veles are returning here after visiting Dolgie Prudy in a FNL game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. A. Smith and V. Kabakhidze scored the goal(s).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Neftekhimik (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Veles have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost one.

The manager A. Kulikov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SKA Khabarovsk in only four days.

The Veles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Veles have conceded 5 goals.

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Rotor Volgograd form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Rotor Volgograd playing as the away team in the FNL this season. Volgograd has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Volgograd play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Neftekhimik (placed 8th).

A loss against Akron was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Volgograd playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Rotor Volgograd wins, two draws and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Rotor Volgograd, the FNL home match versus KAMAZ. Busy days.

Rotor Volgograd are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. Rotor Volgograd are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Rotor VolgogradK. Mullin
K. Mullin
4 goals
VelesV. Kabakhidze
V. Kabakhidze
3 goals
Rotor VolgogradI. Shkolik
I. Shkolik
3 goals

Veles missing players

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Veles Rotor Volgograd
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 2 5 11
5 2 2 Won W 1 3 3
2 2 0 Drew D 1 1 6
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
13 6 3 Scored S 4 8 12
10 5 2 Conceded C 2 3 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
73% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
27% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 27%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 55%
45% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 27%
 
4.6 5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.5
4.8 5.2 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.2
2.4 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.2
3 3 3 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.4 11.5
5.1 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 5
23% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 40% 22%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Rotor Volgograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rotor Volgograd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Rotor Volgograd have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rotor Volgograd haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Veles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Veles have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Veles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 7 4 0 26 9 7 4 3 0 21 7 4 3 1 0 5 2 17 25
2 Orenburg 11 8 1 2 21 8 8 6 0 2 14 6 3 2 1 0 7 2 13 25
3 Spartak Moskva II 11 7 1 3 13 14 6 3 1 2 6 7 5 4 0 1 7 7 -1 22
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 11 6 3 2 16 11 7 5 2 0 11 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 5 21
5 SKA Khabarovsk 11 6 2 3 14 10 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 3 2 1 8 5 4 20
6 Spartak Vladikavkaz 11 5 4 2 24 15 3 3 0 0 10 3 8 2 4 2 14 12 9 19
7 KAMAZ 11 5 3 3 12 11 8 4 1 3 10 10 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 18
8 Neftekhimik 11 5 2 4 15 8 6 3 1 2 10 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 7 17
9 Veles 11 5 2 4 13 10 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 0 3 7 5 3 17
10 Rotor Volgograd 11 3 6 2 12 8 6 0 5 1 4 5 5 3 1 1 8 3 4 15
11 Krasnodar II 11 4 3 4 10 11 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 1 2 3 3 6 -1 15
12 Yenisey 11 4 2 5 14 17 5 2 2 1 6 7 6 2 0 4 8 10 -3 14
13 Baltika 11 2 7 2 9 9 5 1 4 0 4 3 6 1 3 2 5 6 0 13
14 Tom' Tomsk 11 3 2 6 13 17 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 1 1 5 8 13 -4 11
15 Akron 11 2 4 5 9 13 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 6 8 -4 10
16 Dolgie Prudy 11 2 3 6 7 13 4 1 2 1 3 4 7 1 1 5 4 9 -6 9
17 Tekstilshchik 11 2 3 6 7 14 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 0 3 3 1 7 -7 9
18 Urozhay 11 2 2 7 9 16 5 1 0 4 3 9 6 1 2 3 6 7 -7 8
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 11 2 1 8 10 30 6 1 1 4 6 11 5 1 0 4 4 19 -20 7
20 Volgar Astrakhan 11 1 3 7 5 15 5 1 1 3 2 5 6 0 2 4 3 10 -10 6

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.