This has all the signs of yet another absorbing meeting in the Pfl. Anzhi is in 1st position and welcome Essentuki in 17th spot. Read about the match here!
- Anzhi is in the best form (4-0-1)
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals (21) in Pfl
Both crews have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's aim for an animated fixture!
Anzhi form and stats
As mentioned below, Anzhi are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Pfl games.
Anzhi lost their last game at Chernomorets (placed 13th) after a 0-2 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Anzhi won a home game hosting Dinamo Stavropol' (2-1).Goals decide football matches and Anzhi are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Anzhi have only let in 1 goal at home.
Essentuki form and stats
It's not happening yet for Essentuki on their Pfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's looking increasingly bleak for Essentuki who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Biolog was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pfl home defeat versus Chayka with 1-9 on the scoreboard. Essentuki lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-9 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, the Essentuki manager V. Zazdravnykh faced defeat when travelling to Spartak Nal'chik and losing 1-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Essentuki has managed 2 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Anzhi two wins, zero draws and Essentuki zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Agabalaev 2 goals |  M. Shikhbabaev 2 goals | S. Abdurazakov 1 goals |
Anzhi missing players
Essentuki missing players
| Anzhi | Essentuki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 3.2 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 12 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3.8 | 6 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 40% | 42% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
- All of Essentuki's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Anzhi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Anzhi have scored more than double the goals of Essentuki.
- Anzhi have the most points (9) at home in Pfl
- Anzhi have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Pfl
- Anzhi have won all their matches at home so far.
- Anzhi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Anzhi is in the best form (4-0-1)
- Essentuki have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Essentuki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Essentuki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Essentuki have lost all their matches so far.
- Essentuki have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals (21) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Pfl
- Essentuki have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Essentuki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Essentuki is in the worst form (0-0-5)
| Anzhi | Last season | Essentuki | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 13 | 25 | ||
| 59 | 30 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 35 | 80 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 53% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 69% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 34% | ||
| 28% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | ||
| 66% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 19% | 44% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 6% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | ||
| 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 53% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Anzhi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Chayka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | SKA Rostov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Forte Taganrog | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Makhachkala | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Legion Dynamo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Mashuk-KMV | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Biolog | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Tuapse | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Spartak Nal'chik | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Rotor-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Chernomorets | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 15 | Kuban Kholding | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 1 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -18 | 0 |