This match features two teams living in the basement of the Pfl, Essentuki holding 16th place and Inter Cherkessk lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals (21) in Pfl
- Inter Cherkessk have the the worst goal difference (-27) away in Pfl
Essentuki and Inter Cherkessk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Essentuki form and stats
Essentuki's results here in the Pfl have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Essentuki, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Stress levels are on the rise for Essentuki's attacking players as they have now played 199 minutes without scoring in a league game. G. Burkov was their last goal scorer.
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 Essentuki fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Essentuki have allowed the opposition to score 33 goals here. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Essentuki have let the opposition score 33 times, an average of more than three per game.
Inter Cherkessk form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Inter Cherkessk, who have the the worst goal difference (-27) away in Pfl, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Cherkessk are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Dinamo Stavropol' fixture.
Cherkessk were so close to getting something from the game against Kuban Kholding, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cherkessk as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Inter Cherkessk can't defend away. 38 goals have been scored by the opposition in 12 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Inter Cherkessk - Essentuki 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 12 goals |  R. Bostanov 7 goals | D. Daliev 4 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Inter Cherkessk missing players
| Essentuki | Inter Cherkessk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 21 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 59 | 33 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 38 | 61 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 83% |
| 70% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 58% |
| 17% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 42% |
| 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 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 53% | 52% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 33% | 34% |
- All of Essentuki's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 points (8) at home in Pfl
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals (21) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Pfl
- Essentuki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Essentuki is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Inter Cherkessk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Inter Cherkessk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Inter Cherkessk have the the worst goal difference (-27) away in Pfl
- Inter Cherkessk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kuban Kholding | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 58 |
| 2 | Urozhay | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 40 | 56 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 32 | 47 |
| 5 | Legion Dynamo | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 47 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Forte Taganrog | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| 8 | Makhachkala | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Mashuk-KMV | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Krasnodar 3 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -15 | 22 |
| 13 | Biolog | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -33 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 38 | -39 | 15 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -38 | 13 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 23 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 41 | -51 | 10 |