FNL duel: Close contest expected between Veles and Torpedo Moskva

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Avangard (5100 seats)

The Veles & Torpedo Moskva head coaches A. Kulikov and A. Borodyuk are both fearing and eagerly anticipating this very important game in the top part of the FNL table.

Insights:
  • Veles 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.

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.

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Veles form and stats

The story so far in the FNL for Veles at their home stadium (Stadion Avangard) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

No payout for Veles in their previous match, an away game at Metallurg Lipetsk that ended in defeat 0-1.

Ahead of that match, Veles won a home game hosting Krasnodar II (3-1).

A decent goal production from Veles in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Veles are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Avangard in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Torpedo Moskva form and stats

Playing away, Torpedo Moskva have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the FNL this season. Torpedo Moskva has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 21 days ago, in the Akron fixture.

Torpedo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Krasnodar II for a FNL game that ended a draw (1-1).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting KAMAZ.

Torpedo find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Torpedo Moskva as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Veles-Torpedo Moskva H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Veles one win, Torpedo Moskva three wins, two draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Torpedo MoskvaA. Kalmykov
A. Kalmykov
11 goals
Torpedo MoskvaM. Sultonov
M. Sultonov
7 goals
Torpedo MoskvaI. Lebedenko
I. Lebedenko
5 goals

Veles missing players

Torpedo Moskva missing players

Veles Torpedo Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 1 7 17
8 4 0 Won W 1 3 8
3 3 1 Drew D 0 3 8
6 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
20 12 3 Scored S 1 7 32
15 7 4 Conceded C 0 5 15
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 71%
29% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 41%
18% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
35% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 65%
41% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 29%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 12%
 
4.4 4.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4 5.9
5 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.9
2.4 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
10.2 9.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.9 12.5
4.5 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3 4.8
26% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 40%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Torpedo Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Torpedo Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Torpedo Moskva 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 17 12 1 4 29 12 11 9 0 2 20 7 6 3 1 2 9 5 17 37
2 Alaniya Vladikavkaz 17 9 5 3 36 19 6 6 0 0 17 3 11 3 5 3 19 16 17 32
3 Torpedo Moskva 17 8 8 1 32 15 10 5 5 0 25 10 7 3 3 1 7 5 17 32
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 17 9 4 4 20 14 8 5 0 3 9 7 9 4 4 1 11 7 6 31
5 Neftekhimik 17 9 3 5 30 13 9 5 1 3 21 8 8 4 2 2 9 5 17 30
6 Fakel 17 9 3 5 26 15 10 7 2 1 17 5 7 2 1 4 9 10 11 30
7 Veles 17 8 3 6 20 15 8 4 3 1 12 7 9 4 0 5 8 8 5 27
8 Akron 17 7 4 6 18 17 9 5 2 2 11 7 8 2 2 4 7 10 1 25
9 Spartak Moskva II 17 8 1 8 18 28 9 4 1 4 10 11 8 4 0 4 8 17 -10 25
10 KAMAZ 17 6 6 5 16 15 11 5 2 4 13 12 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 24
11 Rotor Volgograd 17 4 9 4 18 17 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 3 3 2 11 8 1 21
12 Baltika 17 4 9 4 17 17 8 1 6 1 6 7 9 3 3 3 11 10 0 21
13 Dolgie Prudy 17 5 6 6 14 16 7 3 3 1 7 5 10 2 3 5 7 11 -2 21
14 Krasnodar II 17 5 5 7 16 22 8 4 3 1 11 7 9 1 2 6 5 15 -6 20
15 Tom' Tomsk 17 5 4 8 22 28 7 3 2 2 9 9 10 2 2 6 13 19 -6 19
16 Yenisey 17 5 4 8 22 30 7 2 3 2 9 11 10 3 1 6 13 19 -8 19
17 Metallurg Lipetsk 17 4 3 10 14 37 9 2 3 4 8 12 8 2 0 6 6 25 -23 15
18 Tekstilshchik 17 3 5 9 12 24 8 3 1 4 11 12 9 0 4 5 1 12 -12 14
19 Volgar Astrakhan 17 3 3 11 9 21 8 1 1 6 2 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 -12 12
20 Urozhay 17 3 2 12 13 27 8 1 0 7 3 16 9 2 2 5 10 11 -14 11

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.