It's still early in the FNL season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Volgar Astrakhan - Veles preview!
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.
Volgar Astrakhan form and stats
Volgar Astrakhan have only played one FNL game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 10 matches. In general it's been a long time since Astrakhan tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.
In their previous game, the manager V. Panov led his Astrakhan to a defeat in the FNL match away at Baltika. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Krasnodar II.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at R. Loktionov for missing a penalty kick versus Baltika in the 42nd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Volgar Astrakhan at home in the league. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Veles form and stats
One match played away so far in the FNL for Veles and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 8 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Veles as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Pskov 747 game have they lost an away game, meaning Veles has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Veles had fun at their own home last time out, beating Krylya Sovetov 3-1. Before that, Veles travelled to Tekstilshchik and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Veles have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Kotov 2 goals |   R. Loktionov 1 goals | A. Pogosov 1 goals |
Volgar Astrakhan missing players
Veles missing players
| Volgar Astrakhan | Veles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| Volgar Astrakhan | Last season | Veles | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 89% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 47% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 62% | ||
| 26% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 19% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 21% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 50% | ||
| 74% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 6% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 206 | 144 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 137 | ||
| 86 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 58 | ||
| 50% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 52% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Yenisey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Orenburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Veles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Baltika | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Tekstilshchik | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | SKA Khabarovsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Chertanovo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Volgar Astrakhan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Akron | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Shinnik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Krasnodar II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Fakel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Neftekhimik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Torpedo Moskva | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Krylya Sovetov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Chayka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Dinamo Bryansk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 21 | Irtysh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 22 | Tom' Tomsk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Druzhba | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 33 |
| 5 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Legion Dynamo | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | SKA Rostov | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Biolog | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Mashuk-KMV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Inter Cherkessk | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 13 | Spartak Nal'chik | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | Krasnodar 3 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -26 | 8 |