Another action-packed fixture in Pfl as Essentuki welcome Legion Dynamo

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Tue 01.June
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

The visiting Legion Dynamo side should be favourites in this visit to Essentuki, as the away team holds a 45 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Pfl
  • Legion Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Legion Dynamo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pfl game only four sleeps ago.

Essentuki are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Legion Dynamo is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Essentuki form and stats

With 2 Pfl wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from their home games, Essentuki, who have the fewest points (8) at home in Pfl, are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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 17 attempts.

The fans are hoping that Essentuki will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Pfl game against SKA Rostov (placed 5th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Druzhba (2-3).

Essentuki has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Essentuki having conceded 42 goals here so far. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Essentuki have let the opposition score 42 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Legion Dynamo form and stats

5-8-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Legion Dynamo in their Pfl matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Legion as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.

542 minutes! That's how long the Legion goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Legion's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Kuban Kholding that finished 0-0.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Krasnodar 3.

Legion have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Legion as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. 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 last H2H meeting was Legion Dynamo - Essentuki 4-0, played this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Essentuki victories, zero draws and two Legion Dynamo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EssentukiP. Solomatin
P. Solomatin
13 goals
Legion DynamoA. Eldarushev
A. Eldarushev
11 goals
Legion DynamoR. Magomedov
R. Magomedov
11 goals

Essentuki missing players

Legion Dynamo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Essentuki Legion Dynamo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 14 29
3 2 0 Won W 3 5 15
4 2 1 Drew D 2 8 13
22 10 2 Lost L 0 1 1
25 18 2 Scored S 9 20 54
74 42 14 Conceded C 2 10 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 79% 79%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 69%
69% 86% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 43% 45%
38% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 28%
21% 43% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
45% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 43% 41%
7% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 57% 59%
48% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 21%
 
2.4 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.5 3.6
4.3 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.2 3.8
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
4.9 6.4 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 5.5 7.9
2 3.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.1 3.2
53% 52% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 61% 52%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • 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 in the second half (12) in Pfl
  • Essentuki have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Essentuki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Essentuki is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Legion Dynamo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Legion Dynamo have scored more than double the goals of Essentuki.

  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 30 24 2 4 74 21 15 12 1 2 42 10 15 12 1 2 32 11 53 74
2 Kuban Kholding 30 23 5 2 60 21 15 11 3 1 28 12 15 12 2 1 32 9 39 74
3 Chernomorets 29 19 6 4 47 16 14 11 1 2 21 6 15 8 5 2 26 10 31 63
4 Legion Dynamo 29 15 13 1 54 17 15 10 5 0 34 7 14 5 8 1 20 10 37 58
5 SKA Rostov 29 17 4 8 63 28 14 9 2 3 27 12 15 8 2 5 36 16 35 55
6 Anzhi 29 12 9 8 53 41 14 6 5 3 24 16 15 6 4 5 29 25 12 45
7 Makhachkala 30 12 7 11 45 42 15 9 2 4 31 18 15 3 5 7 14 24 3 43
8 Forte Taganrog 29 11 8 10 50 30 15 6 6 3 26 10 14 5 2 7 24 20 20 41
9 Spartak Nal'chik 29 11 8 10 41 34 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 4 5 6 21 21 7 41
10 Dinamo Stavropol' 29 12 5 12 41 42 14 6 4 4 24 17 15 6 1 8 17 25 -1 41
11 Biolog 29 10 3 16 52 49 15 6 2 7 29 23 14 4 1 9 23 26 3 33
12 Mashuk-KMV 29 9 6 14 38 50 15 6 4 5 25 19 14 3 2 9 13 31 -12 33
13 Krasnodar 3 29 8 6 15 34 51 15 5 2 8 19 30 14 3 4 7 15 21 -17 30
14 Druzhba 29 6 4 19 25 69 15 3 2 10 15 38 14 3 2 9 10 31 -44 22
15 Inter Cherkessk 31 4 6 21 28 82 15 2 4 9 13 32 16 2 2 12 15 50 -54 18
16 Tuapse 29 4 2 23 36 99 15 4 1 10 19 46 14 0 1 13 17 53 -63 14
17 Essentuki 29 3 4 22 25 74 14 2 2 10 18 42 15 1 2 12 7 32 -49 13

Table
  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 30 24 2 4 74 21 15 12 1 2 42 10 15 12 1 2 32 11 53 74
2 Kuban Kholding 30 23 5 2 60 21 15 11 3 1 28 12 15 12 2 1 32 9 39 74
3 Chernomorets 29 19 6 4 47 16 14 11 1 2 21 6 15 8 5 2 26 10 31 63
4 Legion Dynamo 29 15 13 1 54 17 15 10 5 0 34 7 14 5 8 1 20 10 37 58
5 SKA Rostov 29 17 4 8 63 28 14 9 2 3 27 12 15 8 2 5 36 16 35 55
6 Anzhi 29 12 9 8 53 41 14 6 5 3 24 16 15 6 4 5 29 25 12 45
7 Makhachkala 30 12 7 11 45 42 15 9 2 4 31 18 15 3 5 7 14 24 3 43
8 Forte Taganrog 29 11 8 10 50 30 15 6 6 3 26 10 14 5 2 7 24 20 20 41
9 Spartak Nal'chik 29 11 8 10 41 34 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 4 5 6 21 21 7 41
10 Dinamo Stavropol' 29 12 5 12 41 42 14 6 4 4 24 17 15 6 1 8 17 25 -1 41
11 Biolog 29 10 3 16 52 49 15 6 2 7 29 23 14 4 1 9 23 26 3 33
12 Mashuk-KMV 29 9 6 14 38 50 15 6 4 5 25 19 14 3 2 9 13 31 -12 33
13 Krasnodar 3 29 8 6 15 34 51 15 5 2 8 19 30 14 3 4 7 15 21 -17 30
14 Druzhba 29 6 4 19 25 69 15 3 2 10 15 38 14 3 2 9 10 31 -44 22
15 Inter Cherkessk 31 4 6 21 28 82 15 2 4 9 13 32 16 2 2 12 15 50 -54 18
16 Tuapse 29 4 2 23 36 99 15 4 1 10 19 46 14 0 1 13 17 53 -63 14
17 Essentuki 29 3 4 22 25 74 14 2 2 10 18 42 15 1 2 12 7 32 -49 13

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