Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Essentuki languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Makhachkala will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Essentuki have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Pfl
Essentuki and Makhachkala 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Pfl this season. Essentuki have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here.
Essentuki has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Essentuki have allowed the opposition to score 30 goals here. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Essentuki have let the opposition score 30 times, an average of more than three per game.
Makhachkala form and stats
Makhachkala have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Pfl, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Krasnodar 3 with the score of 1-0.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Makhachkala have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Makhachkala - Essentuki 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 12 goals |  M. Abakarov 4 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Makhachkala missing players
| Essentuki | Makhachkala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| 52 | 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 91% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 64% |
| 67% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 45% |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 19% | 40% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 48% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 55% |
| 10% | 10% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 43% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 27% |
| 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 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 2 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 53% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | 39% |
- 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 scored goals in the second half (9) 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 | Kuban Kholding | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 29 | 54 |
| 2 | Urozhay | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 52 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 28 | 43 |
| 5 | Legion Dynamo | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 43 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Forte Taganrog | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 30 |
| 8 | Spartak Nal'chik | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | Mashuk-KMV | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Makhachkala | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Biolog | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Krasnodar 3 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -14 | 21 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -30 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 36 | -38 | 14 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -31 | 13 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 34 | -47 | 7 |