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- Forte Taganrog have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Anzhi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Forte Taganrog are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Anzhi is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Forte Taganrog form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Forte Taganrog have to build on here in the Pfl.
Forte Taganrog enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Spartak Nal'chik's place. The match ended 1-0 with V. Korotaev scoring. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Gordeev when V. Korotaev scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when V. Korotaev scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Chernomorets (1-2).Taganrog have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 26 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Forte Taganrog have conceded only 10 goals.
Anzhi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pfl travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
M. Shikhbabaev (2) scored in Anzhi's previous match, the home game against Mashuk-KMV that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Tuapse with the score of 6-2.The travelling fans enjoy Anzhi's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 15 league matches away. As for defending, Anzhi rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Anzhi - Forte Taganrog 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Yagyaev 12 goals |  M. Magomedov 12 goals |  I. Yurchenko 10 goals |
Forte Taganrog missing players
Anzhi missing players
| Forte Taganrog | Anzhi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 51 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 29 | 54 |
| 30 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 41 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 80% |
| 53% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 60% | 53% |
| 27% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 47% | 37% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | 27% |
| 47% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 67% |
| 37% | 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 7% | 10% |
| 4.9 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9.9 | 11.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 30% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 48% | 43% |
- Anzhi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Forte Taganrog have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Forte Taganrog have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Urozhay | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 53 | 74 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 38 | 74 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 66 |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 38 | 61 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 37 | 58 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 54 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 48 |
| 7 | Forte Taganrog | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 44 |
| 8 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 44 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 41 |
| 11 | Biolog | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Mashuk-KMV | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -13 | 33 |
| 13 | Krasnodar 3 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 74 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 36 | -49 | 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 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 36 | 105 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 59 | -69 | 14 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 32 | -50 | 13 |