Can Avangard Kursk beat Khimik Novomoskovsk?

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Game week two of the Pfl season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Avangard Kursk - Khimik Novomoskovsk preview:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Avangard Kursk form and stats

Two draws in a row at home now for Avangard.

Avangard lost their last game at Ryazan (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. In the match before that, Avangard Kursk hosted Torpedo Moskva and drew the FNL game 2-2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kaluga are coming to town in four days.

Last season, Avangard Kursk's league statistics were 5 wins, 14 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the FNL. Over these 27 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 39. Playing at home last season Avangard Kursk managed 4-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 21 conceded.

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Khimik Novomoskovsk form and stats

Novomoskovsk delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sokol Saratov (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Pfl game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dinamo Bryansk that ended 1-1.

Let's have a look at how Khimik Novomoskovsk performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 15/12 goals scored/conceded.

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Avangard Kursk missing players

Khimik Novomoskovsk missing players

Avangard Kursk Khimik Novomoskovsk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 8
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 4
5 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Avangard Kursk Last season Khimik Novomoskovsk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   9 17
5 4   Won W   3 7
14 7   Drew D   4 5
8 3   Lost L   2 5
29 18   Scored S   15 27
39 21   Conceded C   12 20
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 88%
78% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 82%
48% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 65%
30% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
4% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 12%
63% 64%   BTTS BTTS   67% 59%
11% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 35%
33% 29%   Failed to Score F T   11% 18%
 
4.7 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6 6.9
4.8 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.4
2.3 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
7 5   Red cards R C   0 0
 
214 108   Total Shots T S   87 181
89 44   Shots on Target S O   38 82
33% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Metallurg Lipetsk 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Ryazan 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Kvant 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Salyut Belgorod 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Kaluga 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Strogino 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Znamya Noginsk 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Khimik Novomoskovsk 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sokol Saratov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Metallurg Vidnoye 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Saturn Ramenskoye 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Krasnyy-SGAFKST 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Avangard Kursk 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Fakel II 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 Rotor Volgograd 27 17 5 5 41 21 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 10 1 3 18 6 20 56
2 Khimki 27 16 6 5 50 19 13 11 0 2 28 7 14 5 6 3 22 12 31 54
3 Chertanovo 27 15 9 3 37 19 13 7 4 2 21 10 14 8 5 1 16 9 18 54
4 Torpedo Moskva 27 16 5 6 39 25 15 11 1 3 25 14 12 5 4 3 14 11 14 53
5 Neftekhimik 27 13 9 5 38 25 13 5 6 2 17 14 14 8 3 3 21 11 13 48
6 SKA Khabarovsk 27 12 7 8 42 30 14 8 3 3 21 9 13 4 4 5 21 21 12 43
7 Baltika 27 12 7 8 34 23 13 7 2 4 17 10 14 5 5 4 17 13 11 43
8 Shinnik 27 12 7 8 43 35 13 5 2 6 17 18 14 7 5 2 26 17 8 43
9 Tom' Tomsk 27 10 9 8 32 26 13 7 4 2 19 7 14 3 5 6 13 19 6 39
10 Chayka 27 10 8 9 31 29 14 6 4 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 16 17 2 38
11 Olimpiyets 27 9 9 9 28 29 14 4 5 5 13 17 13 5 4 4 15 12 -1 36
12 Armavir 27 7 9 11 23 29 14 5 7 2 13 10 13 2 2 9 10 19 -6 30
13 Avangard Kursk 27 5 14 8 29 39 14 4 7 3 18 21 13 1 7 5 11 18 -10 29
14 Krasnodar II 27 6 10 11 32 34 12 2 6 4 16 15 15 4 4 7 16 19 -2 28
15 Yenisey 27 7 7 13 23 40 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 3 3 8 8 21 -17 28
16 Luch Vladivostok 27 6 9 12 28 40 14 2 5 7 14 22 13 4 4 5 14 18 -12 27
17 Spartak Moskva II 27 6 8 13 38 45 13 4 2 7 20 22 14 2 6 6 18 23 -7 26
18 Mordovia Saransk 27 4 7 16 21 44 14 2 4 8 10 20 13 2 3 8 11 24 -23 19
19 Tekstilshchik 27 5 4 18 25 52 14 3 3 8 14 27 13 2 1 10 11 25 -27 19
20 Fakel 27 4 7 16 14 44 14 2 5 7 5 18 13 2 2 9 9 26 -30 19
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 Dinamo Bryansk 17 12 3 2 28 11 8 6 2 0 13 3 9 6 1 2 15 8 17 39
2 Sokol Saratov 17 11 4 2 37 10 9 5 2 2 18 5 8 6 2 0 19 5 27 37
3 Metallurg Lipetsk 17 11 4 2 30 9 8 7 0 1 19 3 9 4 4 1 11 6 21 37
4 Khimik Novomoskovsk 17 7 5 5 27 20 8 4 1 3 12 8 9 3 4 2 15 12 7 26
5 Salyut Belgorod 17 8 2 7 23 23 8 5 0 3 8 4 9 3 2 4 15 19 0 26
6 Ryazan 17 6 6 5 29 26 8 3 3 2 15 10 9 3 3 3 14 16 3 24
7 Zorkiy 16 7 2 7 31 32 9 4 2 3 19 14 7 3 0 4 12 18 -1 23
8 Ararat Moskva 17 7 2 8 34 36 9 4 2 3 20 15 8 3 0 5 14 21 -2 23
9 Kaluga 17 6 4 7 24 23 8 2 3 3 12 11 9 4 1 4 12 12 1 22
10 Saturn Ramenskoye 17 5 7 5 32 32 9 2 5 2 19 15 8 3 2 3 13 17 0 22
11 Khimki 2 17 5 3 9 23 32 8 3 1 4 15 17 9 2 2 5 8 15 -9 18
12 Strogino 17 5 2 10 15 28 9 4 1 4 11 14 8 1 1 6 4 14 -13 17
13 Rotor-2 16 2 2 12 14 33 8 1 2 5 8 17 8 1 0 7 6 16 -19 8
14 Kvant 17 2 2 13 8 40 9 1 0 8 4 26 8 1 2 5 4 14 -32 8

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The Professional Football League (PFL) is the third level of Russian football. It is divided into five divisions (or zones) based on the team’s location. The divisions have a varying number of teams, in total about 60. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom team is relegated.