Kaluga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Metallurg Lipetsk.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Pfl.
These teams have little in common geographically as Metallurg Lipetsk have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Kaluga form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Kaluga have to build on here at Arena Annenki in the Pfl.
Preceding that match was the home game against Salyut Belgorod that was lost 2-3.
The Kaluga manager K. Dzutsev has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
The away performances of Metallurg Lipetsk, who have the most points (15) away in Pfl, have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Pfl. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Things are running smoothly for Metallurg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Salyut Belgorod. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Metallurg's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Znamya Noginsk game.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sokol Saratov at their stadium, the result 3-1.
The Metallurg Lipetsk manager S. Mashnin has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Metallurg have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Kaluga wins - draws - Metallurg Lipetsk wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 8 goals |  V. Babaev 6 goals |  A. Yarkin 4 goals |
Kaluga missing players
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
| Kaluga | Metallurg Lipetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 18 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 43% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 14% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 57% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | 68 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 58 | 140 |
| 50 | 38 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 62 |
| 36% | 34% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 52% | 45% |
- All of Kaluga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Metallurg Lipetsk's away-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.
- Metallurg Lipetsk has the most points (15) away in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Metallurg Lipetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Metallurg Lipetsk is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Ryazan | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Salyut Belgorod | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Znamya Noginsk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Strogino | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Kaluga | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -13 | 16 |
| 12 | Avangard Kursk | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Kvant | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -18 | 12 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -19 | 6 |