It's a fresh beginning in FNL - the first fixture of the season. Read the full article and see how Volga Ulyanovsk and Yenisey did in their pre-season friendlies!
Yenisey play their home matches on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. Relevant results for Yenisey when playing on artifical turf are 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from eleven matches. They have managed to score 13 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Yenisey when visiting Ulyanovsk as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Volga Ulyanovsk as they were promoted from FNL 2 - Group 4 last season. Happy days that were secured through 18 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses from 28 games. The team scored 25 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Volga Ulyanovsk friendly games in pre-season: Volga Ulyanovsk played three friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Volga Ulyanovsk scored 7 goals and conceded 5 in these three games.
Yenisey form and stats
Let's have a look at how Yenisey performed last season in the FNL: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 26/33 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Yenisey as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Yenisey have played seven with the results W2-D1-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Yenisey has scored 8 goals and conceded 13 times.
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Volga Ulyanovsk missing players
Yenisey missing players
| Volga Ulyanovsk | Yenisey | ||||||
| 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 |
| Volga Ulyanovsk | Last season | Yenisey | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 57 | 25 | Scored | S | 26 | 58 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 33 | 55 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 75% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 79% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 63% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 34% | ||
| 18% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 21% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 63% | 61% | ||
| 43% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 26% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 18% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 9 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Chelyabinsk | 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 62 |
| 3 | Tyumen | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 49 | 60 |
| 4 | Zvezda Perm | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 52 |
| 5 | Amkar Perm' | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 52 |
| 6 | Novosibirsk | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
| 7 | Ural 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Irtysh | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Torpedo Miass | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Spartak Tuymazy | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 67 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 32 |
| 11 | Orenburg II | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -21 | 27 |
| 12 | Dinamo Barnaul | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Nosta | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -31 | 21 |
| 14 | Zenit Izhevsk | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -35 | 16 |
| 15 | Lada Tolyatti | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 47 | -53 | 11 |
| 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 |