Kaluga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Sokol Saratov.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Sokol Saratov when visiting Kaluga as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Kaluga form and stats
Kaluga have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Pfl. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Kaluga has recorded two wins in a row here at Arena Annenki, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Happy days for Kaluga in their previous game, a Pfl match away at Metallurg Vidnoye (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sakhalin.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Kaluga's attacking play is working. Kaluga's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sokol Saratov form and stats
Playing away, Sokol Saratov, who have the most scored goals (15) in Pfl, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pfl this season.
Sokol Saratov are looking to quickly end their 211 minutes long goal drought in the Pfl.
Saratov's last game was the home draw against Avangard Kursk (0-0). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Saturn Ramenskoye's place.
The travelling fans enjoy Saratov's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Kaluga won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Sokol Saratov has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoKaluga missing players
Sokol Saratov missing players
| Kaluga | Sokol Saratov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 29 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 53 | 111 |
| 20 | 18 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 24 | 52 |
| 40% | 33% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | 29% |
- All of Kaluga's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kaluga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sokol Saratov has the most points (7) away in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the most scored goals (15) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the the best goal difference (+12) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Sokol Saratov | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | Ryazan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Salyut Belgorod | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Kvant | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 6 | Kaluga | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Strogino | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Khimki 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Znamya Noginsk | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -10 | 4 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -14 | 0 |