Yenisey supporters put their faith in manager Y. Gazzaev to deliver victory against Avangard Kursk

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 Yenisey and Avangard Kursk.

Avangard Kursk have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Yenisey form and stats

Yenisey's struggle is real here at Park Guards with only 6 points collected from 7 FNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3.

Happy days for Yenisey in their previous game, a FNL match away at Luch Vladivostok (placed 14th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. In the match before that, Yenisey hosted Armavir and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Yenisey have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yenisey, as the FNL home game vs Chertanovo is only four days away.

The Yenisey fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

Avangard Kursk form and stats

There's been little loot from Avangard Kursk's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the FNL. Avangard Kursk only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. Avangard Kursk has drawn their two previous away games.

Avangard Kursk are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the FNL against Tekstilshchik (placed 18th). A 0-1 loss hosting Chertanovo before that.

Avangard Kursk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

A new game in only four days for Avangard Kursk, the FNL home match versus Khimki. Busy days.

The attacking power of Avangard Kursk when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Avangard Kursk have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Yenisey 2 wins, 1 draw and Avangard Kursk 1 victory. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Minaev 4 goals

Yenisey missing players

Avangard Kursk missing players