The visiting Chernomorets side should be favourites in this visit to Essentuki, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Pfl
- Chernomorets have the most clean sheets (11) in Pfl
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Essentuki form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pfl this season. Essentuki have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here. It's trouble wherever Essentuki are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Essentuki manager V. Zazdravnykh might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Krasnodar 3 (1-3).
As you see from the result above, Essentuki suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The manager V. Zazdravnykh will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Spartak Nal'chik in only four days.
The Essentuki fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Essentuki's defense is seriously deficient as 26 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Chernomorets form and stats
Chernomorets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Chernomorets, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Pfl, collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Pfl. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Legion Dynamo game have they lost an away game, meaning Chernomorets has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Krasnodar 3.
After this away game Chernomorets return home for a Pfl game against Biolog. That game is only four sleeps after this.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Chernomorets are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Chernomorets - Essentuki 1-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 10 goals |   I. Timoshenko 8 goals | R. Akhmedkhanov 4 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Chernomorets missing players
| Essentuki | Chernomorets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 45 | 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 28% |
| 41% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 17% |
| 24% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 11% |
| 47% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 41% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 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 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | 12.9 |
| 2 | 3.1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 53% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 49% | 30% |
- All of Essentuki's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chernomorets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chernomorets have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chernomorets have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Pfl
- Chernomorets have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Pfl
- Chernomorets have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Pfl
- Chernomorets have the most clean sheets (11) in Pfl
- Chernomorets have the most clean sheets (5) away in Pfl
- Chernomorets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Chernomorets is in the best form (6-0-0)
- 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 (7) 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 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 43 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 42 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 39 |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 37 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 34 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Spartak Nal'chik | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Forte Taganrog | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Krasnodar 3 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 20 |
| 12 | Mashuk-KMV | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Biolog | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -28 | 15 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 28 | -32 | 12 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -27 | 11 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -33 | 7 |