Inter Cherkessk vs Anzhi: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Tue 10.March
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Iskar (5500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Pfl, Inter Cherkessk holding 11th place and Anzhi lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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Inter Cherkessk form and stats

Inter Cherkessk have played 8 Pfl games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Inter Cherkessk fans got no joy from their last match, a Pfl game also here at Stadion Iskar: A 0-1 defeat against Druzhba (placed 4th).

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 Inter Cherkessk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.

Inter Cherkessk are traveling soon after this match as the Pfl match at Urozhay awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Inter Cherkessk in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Inter Cherkessk defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Anzhi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Anzhi so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row. It's looking increasingly bleak for Anzhi who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. SKA Rostov was the last time a defeat was avoided.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Anzhi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Spartak Vladikavkaz (placed 15th). A loss against Spartak Vladikavkaz was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Anzhi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and eight defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Goals are few and far between in Anzhi's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Anzhi have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Anzhi - Inter Cherkessk 1-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

 
I. Stolbovoy
9 goals
Anzhi
M. Magomedov
5 goals
AnzhiM. Shikhbabaev
M. Shikhbabaev
3 goals

Inter Cherkessk missing players

Anzhi missing players

Inter Cherkessk Anzhi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 10 17
5 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 2 Drew D 2 2 6
8 3 0 Lost L 1 8 9
22 12 5 Scored S 3 5 19
33 14 4 Conceded C 4 19 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 82%
59% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 47%
41% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 29%
24% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
47% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 59%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
35% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 60% 35%
 
4.3 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.8 4.3
4.1 4.5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.4 4.8
2.6 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.6 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
170 97 39 Total Shots T S 35 57 156
62 34 13 Shots on Target S O 15 20 68
29% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 28%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • Anzhi has the fewest points (2) away
  • Anzhi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Anzhi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Anzhi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Anzhi have yet to win a game away.
  • Anzhi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Anzhi is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Inter Cherkessk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inter Cherkessk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Anzhi have scored away.
  • Inter Cherkessk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Volgar Astrakhan 18 15 2 1 41 7 10 9 1 0 24 2 8 6 1 1 17 5 34 47
2 Spartak Vladikavkaz 18 14 1 3 50 13 9 7 0 2 29 5 9 7 1 1 21 8 37 43
3 Chernomorets 18 10 3 5 38 19 10 7 1 2 23 4 8 3 2 3 15 15 19 33
4 Druzhba 18 9 4 5 28 26 8 5 1 2 16 13 10 4 3 3 12 13 2 31
5 Dinamo Stavropol' 18 8 3 7 31 22 10 5 2 3 20 8 8 3 1 4 11 14 9 27
6 SKA Rostov 18 7 4 7 24 24 8 2 2 4 11 15 10 5 2 3 13 9 0 25
7 Makhachkala 18 7 4 7 18 23 10 6 3 1 13 8 8 1 1 6 5 15 -5 25
8 Mashuk-KMV 18 6 6 6 22 14 10 5 3 2 14 3 8 1 3 4 8 11 8 24
9 Legion Dynamo 18 6 6 6 15 21 9 5 1 3 8 7 9 1 5 3 7 14 -6 24
10 Biolog 18 6 5 7 17 22 8 4 3 1 12 7 10 2 2 6 5 15 -5 23
11 Inter Cherkessk 17 5 4 8 22 33 8 3 2 3 12 14 9 2 2 5 10 19 -11 19
12 Spartak Nal'chik 18 4 7 7 18 33 9 3 3 3 12 11 9 1 4 4 6 22 -15 19
13 Krasnodar 3 18 5 3 10 19 34 10 3 3 4 15 17 8 2 0 6 4 17 -15 18
14 Urozhay 18 4 5 9 19 37 8 3 3 2 12 11 10 1 2 7 7 26 -18 17
15 Spartak Vladikavkaz 18 1 5 12 14 39 9 1 2 6 8 18 9 0 3 6 6 21 -25 8
16 Anzhi 17 2 6 9 19 28 7 2 4 1 14 9 10 0 2 8 5 19 -9 6

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.