Match preview Pfl: Forte Taganrog - SKA Rostov

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Forte Taganrog will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind SKA Rostov.

Insights:
  • Forte Taganrog have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SKA Rostov have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Pfl

SKA Rostov could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pfl game only four sleeps ago.

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Forte Taganrog form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Forte Taganrog have to build on here in the Pfl. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Forte Taganrog has won four games in a row. The Urozhay match was the last time out without a victory. Forte Taganrog has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Ahead of that match, Taganrog won a home game hosting Mashuk-KMV (2-0).

A goal frenzy last time out for Taganrog, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Druzhba. Fun stuff to watch!

A decent goal production from Taganrog in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Taganrog have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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SKA Rostov form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (33) away in Pfl, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 0 draws and only 4 losses in the Pfl.

Rostov are a potent attacking force on the road with their 33 goals in 12 league games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Rostov have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

SKA Rostov - Forte Taganrog 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

TaganrogI. Yurchenko
I. Yurchenko
8 goals
SKA RostovG. Gongadze
G. Gongadze
8 goals
SKA RostovI. Kozhukhar
I. Kozhukhar
8 goals

Forte Taganrog missing players

SKA Rostov missing players

Forte Taganrog SKA Rostov
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 12 23
9 5 1 Won W 2 8 15
6 4 1 Drew D 0 0 1
7 2 1 Lost L 2 4 7
41 21 3 Scored S 6 33 53
22 7 4 Conceded C 6 12 23
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 74%
55% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 75% 65%
32% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 43%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
45% 27% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 48%
36% 64% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 30%
27% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.2 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.4 12.3 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 15.2 14.5
4.5 5.7 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 7.2 6.2
31% 30% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 38% 35%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • Forte Taganrog have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SKA Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SKA Rostov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SKA Rostov have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Pfl
  • SKA Rostov have the most scored goals (33) away in Pfl
  • SKA Rostov have the the best goal difference (+21) away in Pfl
  • SKA Rostov 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 23 17 4 2 46 17 12 8 3 1 20 9 11 9 1 1 26 8 29 55
2 Urozhay 23 17 2 4 55 19 11 8 1 2 28 8 12 9 1 2 27 11 36 53
3 Chernomorets 22 15 4 3 35 12 11 8 1 2 13 6 11 7 3 1 22 6 23 49
4 Legion Dynamo 23 12 10 1 49 17 12 9 3 0 33 7 11 3 7 1 16 10 32 46
5 SKA Rostov 22 14 1 7 51 23 10 6 1 3 18 11 12 8 0 4 33 12 28 43
6 Anzhi 23 10 7 6 35 27 11 5 3 3 15 12 12 5 4 3 20 15 8 37
7 Forte Taganrog 22 9 6 7 41 22 11 5 4 2 21 7 11 4 2 5 20 15 19 33
8 Dinamo Stavropol' 22 9 4 9 32 30 10 4 3 3 17 12 12 5 1 6 15 18 2 31
9 Spartak Nal'chik 22 8 6 8 27 23 11 5 3 3 13 9 11 3 3 5 14 14 4 30
10 Makhachkala 23 8 6 9 31 30 11 5 2 4 20 15 12 3 4 5 11 15 1 30
11 Mashuk-KMV 21 8 4 9 29 32 11 6 2 3 21 12 10 2 2 6 8 20 -3 28
12 Krasnodar 3 22 6 4 12 27 41 12 3 2 7 15 26 10 3 2 5 12 15 -14 22
13 Biolog 22 6 3 13 34 42 12 5 2 5 23 18 10 1 1 8 11 24 -8 21
14 Druzhba 23 5 4 14 22 55 12 3 2 7 15 30 11 2 2 7 7 25 -33 19
15 Inter Cherkessk 23 3 6 14 22 60 11 2 4 5 11 22 12 1 2 9 11 38 -38 15
16 Essentuki 22 3 4 15 21 55 11 2 2 7 14 33 11 1 2 8 7 22 -34 13
17 Tuapse 22 2 1 19 27 79 11 2 0 9 12 38 11 0 1 10 15 41 -52 7

Read more about Pfl

The Professional Football League (PFL) is the third level of Russian football. It is divided into five divisions (or zones) based on the team’s location. The divisions have a varying number of teams, in total about 60. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom team is relegated.