Match preview Pfl: Kaluga - Avangard Kursk

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Kaluga hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 11th position in the Pfl table. Visiting Avangard Kursk holds 10th place with 24 pts.

Insights:
  • Kaluga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avangard Kursk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Pfl

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Kaluga form and stats

Kaluga have collected 12 points from their Pfl home games so far after 4-0-3.

Prior to that, an away loss at Fakel II.

Kaluga can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. On the other hand, Kaluga have conceded 10 goals.

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Avangard Kursk form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avangard Kursk so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Avangard love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Znamya Noginsk with the score of 2-0.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Avangard rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Avangard Kursk - Kaluga 1-1. Kaluga-Avangard Kursk H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Kaluga one win, Avangard Kursk zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KalugaA. Yarkin
A. Yarkin
6 goals
KalugaA. Volgin
A. Volgin
4 goals
KalugaN. Sukhanov
N. Sukhanov
3 goals

Kaluga missing players

Avangard Kursk missing players

Kaluga Avangard Kursk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 7 0 Played P 2 9 18
7 4 0 Won W 0 2 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 6
9 3 0 Lost L 2 5 6
23 15 0 Scored S 1 8 22
23 10 0 Conceded C 3 15 24
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 67%
44% 86% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 39%
22% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
11% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 22%
56% 86% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 44%
17% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
28% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.8 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.9 10.9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.5 12.6
4.2 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 5.3
31% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 22%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • All of Kaluga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Avangard Kursk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Avangard Kursk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Pfl
  • Kaluga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kaluga have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kaluga 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 Saturn Ramenskoye 18 11 4 3 40 13 8 7 1 0 22 3 10 4 3 3 18 10 27 37
2 Salyut Belgorod 18 10 6 2 31 11 9 4 4 1 18 6 9 6 2 1 13 5 20 36
3 Metallurg Lipetsk 18 11 3 4 38 19 10 5 3 2 22 7 8 6 0 2 16 12 19 36
4 Ryazan 18 11 1 6 32 19 11 7 1 3 22 11 7 4 0 3 10 8 13 34
5 Sokol Saratov 18 9 4 5 26 15 8 4 1 3 13 7 10 5 3 2 13 8 11 31
6 Strogino 18 9 2 7 26 25 9 5 2 2 18 11 9 4 0 5 8 14 1 29
7 Krasnyy-SGAFKST 18 8 4 6 25 19 9 3 2 4 10 8 9 5 2 2 15 11 6 28
8 Znamya Noginsk 18 7 6 5 21 18 9 3 2 4 9 9 9 4 4 1 12 9 3 27
9 Khimik Novomoskovsk 18 6 7 5 25 25 10 4 2 4 14 15 8 2 5 1 11 10 0 25
10 Avangard Kursk 18 6 6 6 22 24 9 4 4 1 14 9 9 2 2 5 8 15 -2 24
11 Kaluga 18 7 2 9 23 23 7 4 0 3 15 10 11 3 2 6 8 13 0 23
12 Khimki 2 18 6 1 11 22 41 10 5 1 4 13 11 8 1 0 7 9 30 -19 19
13 Kvant 18 4 4 10 16 32 10 3 2 5 9 14 8 1 2 5 7 18 -16 16
14 Metallurg Vidnoye 18 5 0 13 19 44 9 4 0 5 15 17 9 1 0 8 4 27 -25 15
15 Sakhalin 18 3 4 11 13 29 8 3 2 3 11 7 10 0 2 8 2 22 -16 13
16 Fakel II 18 4 0 14 12 34 8 3 0 5 9 12 10 1 0 9 3 22 -22 12

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.