The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Anzhi are in the 6th position while the guesting Tuapse worry at 17th.
Anzhi and Tuapse 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
Anzhi have played 6 Pfl games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Anzhi, who won 4-0 against Inter Cherkessk (placed 16th). Preceding that match was the home game against Urozhay that was lost 1-2.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Anzhi played a great game against Inter Cherkessk and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Anzhi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Sokol with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Anzhi have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Tuapse form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tuapse, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Pfl, playing as the away team in the Pfl this season. Tuapse has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
S. Filippidi was the last player to score for the away team. Tuapse haven't scored a league goal in the last 213 minutes.
The manager S. Lezhentsev was unhappy after their last game, a Pfl match played at their home ground. Tuapse suffered a 0-4 loss to Spartak Nal'chik (placed 7th). A 0-1 defeat away at Chernomorets before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Spartak Nal'chik was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Tuapse has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Tuapse can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Magomedov 8 goals |  M. Yagyaev 6 goals |  I. Zaporozhtsev 5 goals |
Anzhi missing players
Tuapse missing players
| Anzhi | Tuapse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 44 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 62% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 80% | 54% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 69% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | 76 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 70 | 146 |
| 47 | 27 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 19 | 43 |
| 40% | 37% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 33% |
- Anzhi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Anzhi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tuapse has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Pfl
- Tuapse has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Pfl
- Tuapse has the most conceded goals (44) in Pfl
- Tuapse has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Pfl
- Tuapse has the the worst goal difference (-27) in Pfl
- Tuapse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tuapse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Tuapse have yet to win a game away.
- Tuapse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legion Dynamo | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 3 | Urozhay | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Spartak Nal'chik | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Forte Taganrog | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Mashuk-KMV | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Makhachkala | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | Druzhba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 13 | Krasnodar 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Biolog | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Essentuki | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 16 | Inter Cherkessk | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -24 | 8 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -27 | 5 |