Essentuki hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 16th position in the Pfl table. Visiting Mashuk-KMV holds 11th place with 29 pts.
- Essentuki is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Mashuk-KMV have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Essentuki form and stats
With 2 Pfl wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Essentuki, who have the fewest points (8) at home in Pfl, are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Essentuki who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Forte Taganrog, 191 days ago. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Essentuki as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Essentuki has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 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 35 goals here.
Mashuk-KMV form and stats
There's been little loot from Mashuk-KMV's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Pfl. Mashuk-KMV only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Mashuk-KMV in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Inter Cherkessk.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mashuk-KMV as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Mashuk-KMV manager M. Kupriyanov has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mashuk-KMV - Essentuki 0-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Essentuki one win, zero draws and Mashuk-KMV two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Solomatin 13 goals |   Z. Tsakoev 7 goals | D. Dulaev 5 goals |
Essentuki missing players
Mashuk-KMV missing players
| Essentuki | Mashuk-KMV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 22 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 63 | 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 68% | 83% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 64% |
| 36% | 42% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 16% | 33% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 44% | 67% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 60% |
| 8% | 8% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 48% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 32% |
| 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 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 10.9 | 6.9 |
| 2 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 53% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 22% | 55% |
- 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 (10) in Pfl
- Essentuki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Essentuki is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Mashuk-KMV have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mashuk-KMV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 34 | 64 |
| 2 | Urozhay | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 42 | 62 |
| 3 | Legion Dynamo | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 34 | 53 |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 53 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 59 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 35 | 50 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Makhachkala | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Forte Taganrog | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 35 |
| 9 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Mashuk-KMV | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 12 | Krasnodar 3 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Biolog | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -5 | 24 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -37 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 39 | -43 | 18 |
| 16 | Essentuki | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | -41 | 13 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 83 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 44 | -52 | 13 |