Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Essentuki languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Anzhi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pfl
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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!
Essentuki form and stats
Essentuki's results here in the Pfl have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
In the match before that, Essentuki hosted Chernomorets and drew the game 1-1.
The Essentuki fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Essentuki have allowed the opposition to score 27 goals here. Essentuki have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Anzhi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pfl travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Anzhi failed to get anything from their last game, a Pfl home match vs Kuban Kholding (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Krasnodar 3.
Anzhi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, Anzhi have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Anzhi - Essentuki 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 11 goals |   M. Magomedov 8 goals |  M. Yagyaev 7 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Anzhi missing players
| Essentuki | Anzhi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 16 | 28 |
| 47 | 27 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 63% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 37% | 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 21% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 10% |
| 47% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 60% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 42% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
| 2 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 53% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 50% | 44% |
- All of Essentuki's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Essentuki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Essentuki have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Pfl
- Essentuki 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 | Urozhay | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 36 | 49 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 26 | 48 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 39 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 37 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Spartak Nal'chik | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Forte Taganrog | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | Mashuk-KMV | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Makhachkala | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Krasnodar 3 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 21 |
| 13 | Biolog | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -30 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 32 | -36 | 13 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -28 | 12 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 19 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -42 | 7 |