The Pfl league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Anzhi and Essentuki are placed 3rd and 16th respectively.
Anzhi and Essentuki should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Anzhi form and stats
Only two Pfl home games for Anzhi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
It's back home for Anzhi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kuban Kholding away with the result 2-1. M. Khanmurzaev and Magomed Magomedov found the net in that victory. Nobody expected Anzhi to beat Kuban Kholding in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. In the match before that, Anzhi hosted Krasnodar 3 and drew the game 1-1.
Anzhi has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Essentuki form and stats
No Pfl points yet away for Essentuki, from their first 2 matches. With the Essentuki losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Essentuki are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pfl home defeat versus Spartak Nal'chik with 2-3 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Chernomorets wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
It's early days yet, but Essentuki has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Magomedov 5 goals |  M. Yagyaev 3 goals |   P. Solomatin 2 goals |
Anzhi missing players
Essentuki missing players
| Anzhi | Essentuki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
- Essentuki has the fewest scored goals (3) in Pfl
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Urozhay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Anzhi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Chernomorets | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Forte Taganrog | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | Legion Dynamo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Mashuk-KMV | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | SKA Rostov | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Krasnodar 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Inter Cherkessk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Spartak Nal'chik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Makhachkala | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Biolog | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 0 |