Struggling Khimki 2 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sokol Saratov in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Sokol Saratov have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-1-1 (win-draw-loss) from four matches. It's quite the trip for Sokol Saratov when visiting Khimki 2 as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Khimki 2 form and stats
With 0 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Khimki 2, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Pfl, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 16 attempts. Khimki 2 are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Khimik Novomoskovsk match.The Khimki 2 fans got no joy from their last match, a Pfl game also here: A 1-3 defeat against Ryazan. Prior to that, an away loss at Dinamo Bryansk.
The Khimki 2 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Khimki 2 having conceded 24 goals here so far.
Sokol Saratov form and stats
Playing away, Sokol Saratov, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pfl, have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Sokol Saratov as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Rotor-2 game have they lost an away game, meaning Sokol Saratov has taken points from nine away matches in a row.The supporters enjoyed Sokol Saratov's previous game versus Ryazan, a Pfl 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Sokol Saratov won their away game at Salyut Belgorod. The scoreline was 2-1.
The Sokol Saratov manager I. Zakharyak has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sokol Saratov - Khimki 2 2-0. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's {0 Khimki 2 victories}, 0 draws and 1 Sokol Saratov win.Top Goalscorers
  F. Dvornikov 10 goals |  E. Dudikov 7 goals |  I. Bugaenko 3 goals |
Khimki 2 missing players
Sokol Saratov missing players
| Khimki 2 | Sokol Saratov | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | Played | 9 | 20 |
| 15 | 9 | Scored | 20 | 42 |
| 41 | 26 | Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| 84% | 90% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 95% |
| 79% | 90% | Over 1.5 | 89% | 85% |
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 60% |
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | 22% | 25% |
| 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 5% |
| 58% | 70% | Both teams to score | 56% | 45% |
| 16% | 10% | Clean Sheet | 44% | 45% |
| 42% | 30% | Failed To Score | 0% | 15% |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Corners For (avg) | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Sokol Saratov hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sokol Saratov is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Khimki 2 is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Sokol Saratov has scored in all of their 9 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Dinamo Bryansk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 27 |
| 4 | Kvant | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Zorkiy | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Salyut Belgorod | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 17 |
| 8 | Ryazan | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Kaluga | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Rotor-2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 14 |
| 11 | Strogino | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 14 | Khimki 2 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -22 | 11 |
