After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Avangard Kursk and Metallurg Vidnoye in this fresh Pfl season. Read our match preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Avangard Kursk form and stats
Avangard Kursk have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Pfl. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Avangard drew their last game, also a home match. Sakhalin (placed 15th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Khimki 2 in a game that was won 3-2.
The Avangard fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. On the other hand, Avangard have conceded 3 goals.
Metallurg Vidnoye form and stats
It's not happening yet for Metallurg Vidnoye on their Pfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Metallurg has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Metallurg are looking to quickly end their 184 minutes long goal drought in the Pfl.
Metallurg Vidnoye's previous game was their home loss versus Sokol Saratov (0-4). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Saturn Ramenskoye wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sokol Saratov was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
1 goal so far away for Metallurg Vidnoye, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Barbashov 2 goals | D. Ivanov 2 goals |  A. Sukharev 1 goals |
Avangard Kursk missing players
Metallurg Vidnoye missing players
| Avangard Kursk | Metallurg Vidnoye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 51 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 42 |
| 33 | 22 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 37% |
- Avangard Kursk have not yet lost a game at home.
- Metallurg Vidnoye have lost all their away matches so far.
- Metallurg Vidnoye 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 | Sokol Saratov | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Ryazan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Salyut Belgorod | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Kvant | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Strogino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Kaluga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Znamya Noginsk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 0 |