Both Essentuki and Makhachkala are longing for points in this fixture, in spite of the away team having a 16 point lead from earlier matches.
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals (36) in Pfl
- Makhachkala have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pfl
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Essentuki form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Essentuki have to build on here in the Pfl.
In their previous game, the manager V. Pachko led his Essentuki to a defeat in the Pfl match away at Forte Taganrog. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. 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.
Before that game, the home loss against Kuban Kholding with the scoreline 1-2.Essentuki have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Essentuki have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Makhachkala form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Makhachkala playing as the away team in the Pfl this season. Makhachkala love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Makhachkala won their last game, 3-0 versus Chernomorets played at home.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Dinamo Stavropol' with the score of 3-2.Makhachkala are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. Makhachkala are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Essentuki victories, one draw and one Makhachkala win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Batsev 4 goals | A. Gadzhiev 3 goals | D. Bigulaev 3 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Makhachkala missing players
| Essentuki | Makhachkala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 36 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 40% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 8.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 12% | 12% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 36% | 29% |
- All of Essentuki's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Essentuki have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Essentuki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Essentuki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals (36) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Pfl
- Essentuki have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Pfl
- Essentuki have the the worst goal difference (-29) in Pfl
- Essentuki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Makhachkala have created more than twice as many corners as Essentuki.
- Makhachkala have not yet lost a game away.
- Makhachkala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Makhachkala have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Makhachkala have scored more than double the goals of Essentuki.
- Makhachkala have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pfl
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SKA Rostov | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Anzhi | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Forte Taganrog | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | Makhachkala | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 5 | Chayka | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 6 | Legion Dynamo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Chernomorets | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Mashuk-KMV | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Spartak Nal'chik | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Biolog | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Tuapse | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Kuban Kholding | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 15 | Rotor-2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -19 | 5 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17 | -29 | 4 |