The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Volgar Astrakhan are in the 14th position while the guesting Fakel worry at 17th.
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.
It's quite the trip for Fakel when visiting Astrakhan as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
The story so far in the FNL for Volgar Astrakhan at their home stadium is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Astrakhan's previous game was a FNL match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Spartak Moskva II (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Krylya Sovetov (0-3).
The manager V. Panov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shinnik in only three days.
The Astrakhan fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Astrakhan have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fakel form and stats
There's been little loot from Fakel's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the FNL. Fakel only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. The last three matches for Fakel have all ended in a draw.
Fakel delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Krylya Sovetov (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a FNL game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tekstilshchik that ended 0-0.
As mentioned above, Fakel drew the match against Krylya Sovetov. Manager V. Beschastnikh brought on M. Maksimov to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
After this away game Fakel return home for a FNL game against Spartak Moskva II. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Fakel have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Astrakhan-Fakel H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Volgar Astrakhan two wins, Fakel three wins, three draws. two of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Vorobyev 7 goals | A. Bolonin 3 goals | A. Pogosov 3 goals |
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
Fakel missing players
| Volgar Astrakhan | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 94% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 71% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 41% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 35% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 170 | 84 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 100 | 166 |
| 53 | 32 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 30 | 52 |
| 34% | 38% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | 19% |
- Fakel has the most matches under the total-line (13) in FNL
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Volgar Astrakhan have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpiyets | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Krylya Sovetov | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 36 |
| 3 | Orenburg | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Torpedo Moskva | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 34 |
| 5 | Neftekhimik | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Veles | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva II | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Baltika | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Yenisey | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Krasnodar II | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Chayka | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Dinamo Bryansk | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | SKA Khabarovsk | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | Tekstilshchik | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Fakel | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Akron | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | Chertanovo | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 14 |
| 20 | Irtysh | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -16 | 12 |
| 21 | Tom' Tomsk | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -13 | 10 |
| 22 | Shinnik | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 10 |