It's game two of the Pfl season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Chelyabinsk-Volga Ulyanovsk!
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!
It's quite the trip for Volga Ulyanovsk when visiting Chelyabinsk as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Chelyabinsk form and stats
In the game before, an away victory match versus Volga Ulyanovsk with a 1-0 scoreline.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Chelyabinsk as they have a new game in only four days, a Russian Cup match thankfully also at home. Nosta are visiting.
Last season, Chelyabinsk's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Pfl. Over these 17 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Chelyabinsk managed 6-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 8 conceded.
Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Akron's place.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ulyanovsk manager R. Aitov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Volna Kovernino.
Let's have a look at how Volga Ulyanovsk performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Chelyabinsk won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Volga Ulyanovsk has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
![]() R. Makhmutov 1 goals | ![]() V. Karpukhin 1 goals |
Chelyabinsk missing players
Volga Ulyanovsk missing players
| Chelyabinsk | Volga Ulyanovsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Chelyabinsk | Last season | Volga Ulyanovsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 59% | ||
| 59% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 35% | ||
| 41% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 18% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 47% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 193 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 154 | ||
| 83 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 54 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KAMAZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Zvezda Perm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Novosibirsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Volna Kovernino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Chelyabinsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Orenburg II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ural 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Lada Tolyatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov Samara II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 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 | Akron | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Chelyabinsk | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Ural 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 4 | KAMAZ | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Lada SOK | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Zvezda Perm | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Nosta | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Zenit Izhevsk | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Tyumen | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Lada Tolyatti | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -35 | 10 |
| 12 | Ufa 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 6 |