Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Kaluga in 9th and Khimik Novomoskovsk in 10th place.
- Kaluga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kaluga form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Kaluga have to build on here in the Pfl. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Kaluga after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A nice win for Kaluga last time playing, versus Avangard Kursk. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with D. Semin and D. Baranov scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sokol Saratov.
The Kaluga manager K. Dzutsev has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. On the other hand, Kaluga have conceded 10 goals.
Khimik Novomoskovsk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pfl travels is 2 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Novomoskovsk, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Krasnyy-SGAFKST that ended 0-0.
After this away game Novomoskovsk return home for a Pfl game against Fakel II. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Novomoskovsk have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Khimik Novomoskovsk have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Khimik Novomoskovsk - Kaluga 1-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Kaluga, four draws and three wins for Khimik Novomoskovsk. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yarkin 6 goals |   A. Mingazov 5 goals | K. Antipov 5 goals |
Kaluga missing players
Khimik Novomoskovsk missing players
| Kaluga | Khimik Novomoskovsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 25 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 78% | 85% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 80% |
| 42% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 21% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 26% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 11.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.6 | 7.5 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 31% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 41% |
- All of Kaluga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Salyut Belgorod | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Ryazan | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Strogino | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Sokol Saratov | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Znamya Noginsk | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Kaluga | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Avangard Kursk | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Khimki 2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 32 | -21 | 19 |
| 13 | Kvant | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 16 |
| 14 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 30 | -27 | 15 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 28 | -21 | 13 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | -22 | 13 |