Season ticket holders at Stadion Iskar haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Inter Cherkessk languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Makhachkala will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Inter Cherkessk and Makhachkala should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Inter Cherkessk form and stats
With 2 Pfl wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Inter Cherkessk, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Pfl, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cherkessk, their manager V. Dorofeev and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Before that game, the home loss against Anzhi with the scoreline 0-4.
Cherkessk has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Cherkessk having conceded 18 goals here at Stadion Iskar so far.
Makhachkala form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Makhachkala so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Before that, Makhachkala travelled to Dinamo Stavropol' and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Makhachkala have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Makhachkala have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Giraev 5 goals | D. Daliev 4 goals | R. Bostanov 4 goals |
Inter Cherkessk missing players
Makhachkala missing players
| Inter Cherkessk | Makhachkala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 37 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 71% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 116 | 66 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 41 | 101 |
| 41 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 23 | 49 |
| 34% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 33% |
- All of Inter Cherkessk's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Inter Cherkessk has the fewest scored goals (14) in Pfl
- Inter Cherkessk has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Pfl
- Inter Cherkessk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Inter Cherkessk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Makhachkala have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Makhachkala have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Makhachkala 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Urozhay | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 3 | Legion Dynamo | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 32 |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 7 | Spartak Nal'chik | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Forte Taganrog | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 9 | Mashuk-KMV | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Makhachkala | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Druzhba | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 15 |
| 13 | Biolog | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Krasnodar 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 15 | Essentuki | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 11 |
| 16 | Inter Cherkessk | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 11 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -28 | 5 |