Kaluga vs Strogino Pfl preview

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Fri 04.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Pfl: The mid-table positions show the journey Kaluga and Strogino have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

Insights:
  • Kaluga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Strogino have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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!

Kaluga can neither be promoted or relegated from Pfl. For Strogino most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Kaluga form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 13 Pfl games here for Kaluga. The data says 10 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. Kaluga has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Salyut Belgorod.

The fans are hoping that Kaluga will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Pfl game against Salyut Belgorod (placed 4th).

Before that, Kaluga had a home game versus Znamya Noginsk which ended with a victory 3-2.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 13 games), Kaluga's attacking play is working. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Strogino form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Strogino so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Strogino as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kvant match.

Strogino won their last game, 3-2 versus Avangard Kursk played at home.

Prior to that match, the Strogino manager S. Zagidullin faced defeat when travelling to Sokol Saratov and losing 0-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Strogino as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Strogino have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Strogino - Kaluga 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Kaluga four wins, one draw and Strogino two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KalugaA. Yarkin
A. Yarkin
10 goals
StroginoS. Kostyukov
S. Kostyukov
9 goals
KalugaD. Baranov
D. Baranov
7 goals

Kaluga missing players

Strogino missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kaluga Strogino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 13 27
13 10 2 Won W 1 4 13
4 0 0 Drew D 0 0 3
10 3 0 Lost L 1 9 11
44 32 6 Scored S 2 9 43
34 15 3 Conceded C 3 22 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 78%
52% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 56%
37% 54% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 41%
15% 31% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 22%
59% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 31% 48%
22% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 26%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 26%
 
4.7 3.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.1 4.5
4.5 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.9
2.2 2.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 1.9 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
10.3 11.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.1 9.4
4.9 6.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 4.5
34% 38% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 22% 34%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • Kaluga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kaluga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kaluga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Strogino have scored away.
  • Kaluga have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kaluga have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Kaluga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Strogino have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Strogino 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 27 19 3 5 55 24 14 9 3 2 34 9 13 10 0 3 21 15 31 60
2 Ryazan 27 17 2 8 50 29 14 10 1 3 30 13 13 7 1 5 20 16 21 53
3 Saturn Ramenskoye 27 15 6 6 54 23 13 10 2 1 34 9 14 5 4 5 20 14 31 51
4 Salyut Belgorod 27 15 6 6 49 21 14 6 4 4 24 13 13 9 2 2 25 8 28 51
5 Sokol Saratov 27 15 6 6 41 18 13 9 1 3 23 7 14 6 5 3 18 11 23 51
6 Kaluga 27 13 4 10 44 34 13 10 0 3 32 15 14 3 4 7 12 19 10 43
7 Strogino 27 13 3 11 43 38 14 9 3 2 34 16 13 4 0 9 9 22 5 42
8 Znamya Noginsk 27 10 9 8 37 32 14 6 4 4 22 16 13 4 5 4 15 16 5 39
9 Krasnyy-SGAFKST 27 11 6 10 37 38 14 6 3 5 18 13 13 5 3 5 19 25 -1 39
10 Khimik Novomoskovsk 27 9 10 8 41 38 14 6 2 6 24 21 13 3 8 2 17 17 3 37
11 Avangard Kursk 27 7 8 12 28 39 13 4 5 4 15 15 14 3 3 8 13 24 -11 29
12 Khimki 2 27 8 2 17 35 59 14 7 2 5 22 16 13 1 0 12 13 43 -24 26
13 Kvant 27 6 7 14 27 49 14 3 5 6 13 19 13 3 2 8 14 30 -22 25
14 Metallurg Vidnoye 27 7 1 19 27 67 13 5 1 7 19 25 14 2 0 12 8 42 -40 22
15 Sakhalin 27 4 7 16 23 47 12 4 4 4 16 12 15 0 3 12 7 35 -24 19
16 Fakel II 27 5 4 18 20 55 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 6 37 -35 19

Table
  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 27 19 3 5 55 24 14 9 3 2 34 9 13 10 0 3 21 15 31 60
2 Ryazan 27 17 2 8 50 29 14 10 1 3 30 13 13 7 1 5 20 16 21 53
3 Saturn Ramenskoye 27 15 6 6 54 23 13 10 2 1 34 9 14 5 4 5 20 14 31 51
4 Salyut Belgorod 27 15 6 6 49 21 14 6 4 4 24 13 13 9 2 2 25 8 28 51
5 Sokol Saratov 27 15 6 6 41 18 13 9 1 3 23 7 14 6 5 3 18 11 23 51
6 Kaluga 27 13 4 10 44 34 13 10 0 3 32 15 14 3 4 7 12 19 10 43
7 Strogino 27 13 3 11 43 38 14 9 3 2 34 16 13 4 0 9 9 22 5 42
8 Znamya Noginsk 27 10 9 8 37 32 14 6 4 4 22 16 13 4 5 4 15 16 5 39
9 Krasnyy-SGAFKST 27 11 6 10 37 38 14 6 3 5 18 13 13 5 3 5 19 25 -1 39
10 Khimik Novomoskovsk 27 9 10 8 41 38 14 6 2 6 24 21 13 3 8 2 17 17 3 37
11 Avangard Kursk 27 7 8 12 28 39 13 4 5 4 15 15 14 3 3 8 13 24 -11 29
12 Khimki 2 27 8 2 17 35 59 14 7 2 5 22 16 13 1 0 12 13 43 -24 26
13 Kvant 27 6 7 14 27 49 14 3 5 6 13 19 13 3 2 8 14 30 -22 25
14 Metallurg Vidnoye 27 7 1 19 27 67 13 5 1 7 19 25 14 2 0 12 8 42 -40 22
15 Sakhalin 27 4 7 16 23 47 12 4 4 4 16 12 15 0 3 12 7 35 -24 19
16 Fakel II 27 5 4 18 20 55 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 1 2 11 6 37 -35 19

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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.