Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's main heroes are Forte Taganrog and Anzhi, victory is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.
- Forte Taganrog have the most points (17) at home in Pfl
- Anzhi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
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.
Forte Taganrog form and stats
Forte Taganrog have performed here at Forte Arena Taganrog this season with 5 wins from 7 Pfl matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0.
An away draw last time out for Taganrog, facing Chayka in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Taganrog drew at home versus Spartak Nal'chik.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Taganrog have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost zero.
Taganrog can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Forte Taganrog have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Anzhi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pfl travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager A. Sadirov was unhappy after their last game, a Pfl match played at their home ground Anzhi-Arena. Anzhi suffered a 0-1 loss to Kuban Kholding (placed 8th).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Alaniya Vladikavkaz II.We have checked recent matches where Anzhi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, zero draws and four defeats.
The visiting Anzhi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding two meetings between these two participants are: one win for Forte Taganrog, one draw and zero wins for Anzhi. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Maloyan 5 goals |  I. Yurchenko 5 goals |  R. Magomedov 5 goals |
Forte Taganrog missing players
Anzhi missing players
| Forte Taganrog | Anzhi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 79% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 57% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 6 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.3 | 9.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 42% | 58% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 33% |
- Anzhi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Forte Taganrog have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Forte Taganrog have not yet lost a game at home.
- Forte Taganrog have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forte Taganrog have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Forte Taganrog have the most points (17) at home in Pfl
- Forte Taganrog have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Pfl
- Forte Taganrog have won significantly less 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 | SKA Rostov | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 37 |
| 2 | Makhachkala | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| 3 | Chayka | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 32 |
| 4 | Forte Taganrog | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 5 | Anzhi | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 6 | Chernomorets | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Mashuk-KMV | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Kuban Kholding | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Biolog | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Legion Dynamo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Tuapse | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 14 | Rotor-2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Druzhba | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 11 |
| 16 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 31 | -32 | 6 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 31 | -51 | 4 |