Both Volgar Astrakhan and Fakel are itching for points in this game, even with the away side having a 18 point advantage in the league table.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fakel have scored more than double the goals of Volgar Astrakhan.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Volgar Astrakhan and Fakel.
It's quite the trip for Fakel when visiting Astrakhan as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
Volgar Astrakhan's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 8 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-6. Volgar Astrakhan are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Neftekhimik match.
A good away victory last time out for Astrakhan, who won 2-0 against Baltika (placed 12th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Metallurg Lipetsk that was lost 0-2.Astrakhan have scored 2 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Astrakhan's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel have only collected 7 points from their away games in the FNL, after 2-1-4 (7 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Fakel are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Fakel have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 192 minutes ago. R. Akbashev was the goal scorer.
Fakel failed to get anything from their last game, a FNL home match vs SKA Khabarovsk (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
A 0-2 defeat away at Dolgie Prudy before that.The visiting Fakel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. As opposed to that, Fakel have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Astrakhan two wins, four draws and Fakel four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 7 goals | R. Akbashev 5 goals |  A. Simonyan 4 goals |
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
Fakel missing players
| Volgar Astrakhan | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 47% | 38% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 65% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 24% | 12% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 53% |
| 65% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 7.4 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | 10.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 22% | 11% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 38% |
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have scored more than double the goals of Volgar Astrakhan.
- Fakel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Volgar Astrakhan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Volgar Astrakhan 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 | 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 |