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Competition: Russia FNL
Competition: Wed 28.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)

With their 30 point advantage in the league table, Volgar Astrakhan fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Shinnik.

Insights:
  • Volgar Astrakhan have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shinnik have the most conceded goals (83) in FNL

Shinnik could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FNL game only four sleeps ago.

Shinnik have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Astrakhan are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Shinnik it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Volgar Astrakhan form and stats

Volgar Astrakhan have collected 36 points from their FNL home games so far after 10-6-3.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 201 minutes without scoring a league goal. H. Agalarov was the last player to find the net.

Astrakhan faced defeat in their previous match, away at Spartak Moskva II (0-2). Ahead of that match, Volgar Astrakhan lost 0-1 at home to Krylya Sovetov.

The Astrakhan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 19 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Astrakhan are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 19 matches.

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Shinnik form and stats

Shinnik, who have the most conceded goals (83) in FNL, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the FNL, after 1-5-12 (18 played). Shinnik are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Krasnodar II fixture. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.

There were no winners in Shinnik's previous match, a FNL home game that ended 2-2 vs Krylya Sovetov (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tekstilshchik that ended 0-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Shinnik are hosting Fakel in the FNL only four days away.

The attacking power of Shinnik when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Shinnik's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 46 goals in 18 travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shinnik - Astrakhan 2-1. Volgar Astrakhan-Shinnik H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Volgar Astrakhan zero wins, Shinnik four wins, three draws. one of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ShinnikE. Nizamutdinov
E. Nizamutdinov
9 goals
AstrakhanA. Pogosov
A. Pogosov
7 goals

Volgar Astrakhan missing players

Shinnik missing players

Volgar Astrakhan Shinnik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 19 6 Played P 6 18 38
14 10 5 Won W 0 1 4
9 6 1 Drew D 2 5 9
14 3 0 Lost L 4 12 25
44 27 11 Scored S 3 15 35
40 16 3 Conceded C 16 46 83
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 89%
70% 68% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 82%
43% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 68%
14% 16% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 34%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 28% 21%
51% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
22% 32% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 16%
32% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3.1 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 3 5 8
 
9.4 9.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.8 7.4
3.6 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.3
33% 35% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 28%
Key stats in FNL this season:
  • Shinnik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Shinnik have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in FNL
  • Shinnik have the fewest points (8) away in FNL
  • Shinnik have the most conceded goals (46) away in FNL
  • Shinnik have the most conceded goals (83) in FNL
  • Shinnik have the most conceded goals in the first half (40) in FNL
  • Shinnik have the most matches over the total-line (22) in FNL
  • Shinnik have the the worst goal difference (-31) away in FNL
  • Shinnik have the the worst goal difference (-48) 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 37 27 5 5 84 24 19 17 1 1 55 7 18 10 4 4 29 17 60 86
2 Orenburg 38 24 10 4 66 29 19 12 5 2 37 16 19 12 5 2 29 13 37 82
3 Olimpiyets 38 25 6 7 58 24 19 14 2 3 33 10 19 11 4 4 25 14 34 81
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 37 19 10 8 67 35 19 11 5 3 42 20 18 8 5 5 25 15 32 67
5 Torpedo Moskva 37 19 8 10 61 34 18 10 3 5 30 14 19 9 5 5 31 20 27 65
6 Baltika 37 19 7 11 41 31 17 8 2 7 17 13 20 11 5 4 24 18 10 64
7 Veles 38 17 11 10 52 42 20 9 7 4 32 23 18 8 4 6 20 19 10 62
8 Neftekhimik 37 17 9 11 56 39 18 9 6 3 35 14 19 8 3 8 21 25 17 60
9 Yenisey 38 17 5 16 47 50 19 10 0 9 30 25 19 7 5 7 17 25 -3 56
10 SKA Khabarovsk 38 15 9 14 46 41 19 9 6 4 21 13 19 6 3 10 25 28 5 54
11 Fakel 37 14 11 12 47 39 19 8 8 3 25 12 18 6 3 9 22 27 8 53
12 Volgar Astrakhan 37 14 9 14 44 40 19 10 6 3 27 16 18 4 3 11 17 24 4 51
13 Chayka 37 12 10 15 39 48 18 6 2 10 18 26 19 6 8 5 21 22 -9 46
14 Tekstilshchik 37 11 11 15 28 42 20 6 8 6 13 19 17 5 3 9 15 23 -14 44
15 Spartak Moskva II 37 12 7 18 42 61 17 4 5 8 16 25 20 8 2 10 26 36 -19 43
16 Krasnodar II 37 10 11 16 43 57 18 8 5 5 31 23 19 2 6 11 12 34 -14 41
17 Akron 37 9 11 17 30 47 18 5 7 6 17 19 19 4 4 11 13 28 -17 38
18 Irtysh 38 9 8 21 30 51 19 5 3 11 11 26 19 4 5 10 19 25 -21 35
19 Tom' Tomsk 38 8 10 20 27 47 18 3 4 11 13 25 20 5 6 9 14 22 -20 34
20 Dinamo Bryansk 37 9 5 23 21 59 19 6 1 12 13 29 18 3 4 11 8 30 -38 29
21 Chertanovo 37 7 4 26 27 68 19 3 3 13 13 30 18 4 1 13 14 38 -41 25
22 Shinnik 38 4 9 25 35 83 20 3 4 13 20 37 18 1 5 12 15 46 -48 21

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.