Football betting preview: Volgar Astrakhan vs Akron

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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Fri 07.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Volgar Astrakhan fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Akron.

Insights:
  • Volgar Astrakhan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Akron have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in FNL

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Astrakhan are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Akron are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Volgar Astrakhan form and stats

10-7-3 (win-draw-lost) are the FNL numbers at home for Volgar Astrakhan so far this season.

Astrakhan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Torpedo Moskva (0-1). Before that, Volgar Astrakhan drew at home versus Shinnik.

The Astrakhan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 28 in 20 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Astrakhan have only conceded 17 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Akron form and stats

There's been little loot from Akron's travels as they have only collected 19 points from 20 away games in the FNL. Akron only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 4 draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a FNL home defeat versus Krylya Sovetov with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tekstilshchik at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Late heartbreak for Akron in the Krylya Sovetov match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Akron as they have only managed to score 15 times from 20 away games in the league. 28 goals have been conceded by Akron in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Akron - Astrakhan 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

Volgar AstrakhanA. Pogosov
A. Pogosov
7 goals
AkronA. Delkin
A. Delkin
7 goals

Volgar Astrakhan missing players

Akron missing players

Volgar Astrakhan Akron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 7 Played P 6 20 40
14 10 5 Won W 3 5 10
11 7 2 Drew D 1 4 11
15 3 0 Lost L 2 11 19
46 28 12 Scored S 5 15 34
43 17 4 Conceded C 4 28 51
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
70% 70% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 62%
40% 45% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 32%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 8%
52% 60% 57% BTTS BTTS 17% 35% 40%
20% 30% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 28%
32% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.2 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.6
7 3 2 Red cards R C 0 6 12
 
9.5 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.2 8.8
3.6 4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.5
32% 35% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 23% 23%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Akron have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in FNL
  • Volgar Astrakhan 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 Krylya Sovetov 39 29 5 5 91 26 20 18 1 1 60 8 19 11 4 4 31 18 65 92
2 Orenburg 40 26 10 4 71 31 20 13 5 2 39 16 20 13 5 2 32 15 40 88
3 Olimpiyets 40 26 6 8 63 26 21 15 2 4 38 12 19 11 4 4 25 14 37 84
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 40 21 10 9 72 39 20 12 5 3 45 21 20 9 5 6 27 18 33 73
5 Torpedo Moskva 40 21 8 11 65 40 20 12 3 5 33 15 20 9 5 6 32 25 25 71
6 Baltika 40 21 7 12 46 33 19 10 2 7 21 13 21 11 5 5 25 20 13 70
7 Neftekhimik 40 19 10 11 61 41 20 11 6 3 39 15 20 8 4 8 22 26 20 67
8 Veles 40 17 11 12 52 45 20 9 7 4 32 23 20 8 4 8 20 22 7 62
9 Fakel 40 16 12 12 55 43 20 8 9 3 26 13 20 8 3 9 29 30 12 60
10 SKA Khabarovsk 40 17 9 14 49 42 20 10 6 4 22 13 20 7 3 10 27 29 7 60
11 Yenisey 40 18 6 16 50 52 20 10 1 9 31 26 20 8 5 7 19 26 -2 60
12 Volgar Astrakhan 40 14 11 15 46 43 20 10 7 3 28 17 20 4 4 12 18 26 3 53
13 Chayka 40 13 11 16 42 53 20 7 3 10 21 28 20 6 8 6 21 25 -11 50
14 Tekstilshchik 40 12 11 17 30 46 21 6 8 7 13 21 19 6 3 10 17 25 -16 47
15 Spartak Moskva II 39 12 7 20 45 70 18 4 5 9 19 30 21 8 2 11 26 40 -25 43
16 Krasnodar II 40 10 12 18 45 62 20 8 6 6 32 25 20 2 6 12 13 37 -17 42
17 Akron 40 10 11 19 34 51 20 5 7 8 19 23 20 5 4 11 15 28 -17 41
18 Tom' Tomsk 40 9 10 21 30 49 19 4 4 11 16 25 21 5 6 10 14 24 -19 37
19 Irtysh 40 9 8 23 32 55 20 5 3 12 12 28 20 4 5 11 20 27 -23 35
20 Dinamo Bryansk 40 10 5 25 22 62 20 7 1 12 14 29 20 3 4 13 8 33 -40 32
21 Chertanovo 40 7 6 27 31 73 20 3 3 14 15 33 20 4 3 13 16 40 -42 27
22 Shinnik 40 4 10 26 36 86 21 3 4 14 20 39 19 1 6 12 16 47 -50 22

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.