Pfl preview: Can Kuban Kholding edge out victory against Mashuk-KMV?

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

It's advantage Kuban Kholding so far with their 1st position in the Pfl table, welcoming Mashuk-KMV who are placed 6th.

Kuban Kholding and Mashuk-KMV should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kuban Kholding form and stats

When playing at home in the Pfl, Kuban Kholding have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. Two home wins in a row for Kholding bring valid hopes of a third.

A strong away win for Kholding against Tuapse the last match, as N. Gigolaev (2), S. Mikhaylov, I. Ryzhkov and A. Dyshekov were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Inter Cherkessk in a game that was won 2-0.

As mentioned above, Kholding "killed" Tuapse in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kholding have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won zero times, drawn one and lost zero.

Kholding have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Kholding have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mashuk-KMV form and stats

As the visiting team in Pfl matches, Mashuk-KMV have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

The supporters enjoyed Mashuk-KMV's previous game versus Krasnodar 3 (placed 13th), a Pfl 3-0 win played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Legion Dynamo before that.

Mashuk-KMV are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.

Mashuk-KMV have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. For Mashuk-KMV, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

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Kuban Kholding Mashuk-KMV
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 2 2 2
24 9 4 Scored S 1 4 18
7 3 1 Conceded C 7 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 78%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 44%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 22%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 78%
50% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
94 59 30 Total Shots T S 6 24 52
48 26 16 Shots on Target S O 1 4 19
38% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 63%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • All of Kuban Kholding's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Mashuk-KMV's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kuban Kholding has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pfl
  • Kuban Kholding have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kuban Kholding have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mashuk-KMV have scored away.
  • Kuban Kholding have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Kuban Kholding haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kuban Kholding is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Mashuk-KMV have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mashuk-KMV have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Mashuk-KMV 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 Kuban Kholding 10 8 1 1 24 7 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 5 0 0 15 4 17 25
2 Legion Dynamo 10 6 4 0 20 5 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 2 3 0 7 2 15 22
3 Urozhay 10 7 0 3 28 11 5 3 0 2 12 6 5 4 0 1 16 5 17 21
4 Anzhi 10 5 4 1 18 12 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 2 2 1 9 8 6 19
5 SKA Rostov 10 6 1 3 18 13 4 3 0 1 7 5 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 19
6 Mashuk-KMV 9 5 2 2 18 13 5 4 1 0 14 4 4 1 1 2 4 9 5 17
7 Chernomorets 9 5 2 2 11 7 4 3 0 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 17
8 Dinamo Stavropol' 11 5 1 5 17 15 5 3 1 1 11 4 6 2 0 4 6 11 2 16
9 Forte Taganrog 10 4 2 4 20 12 5 2 1 2 13 6 5 2 1 2 7 6 8 14
10 Spartak Nal'chik 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 0 3 8 10 -2 11
11 Makhachkala 10 3 2 5 12 19 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 1 1 3 4 10 -7 11
12 Druzhba 9 3 2 4 11 18 5 1 2 2 7 11 4 2 0 2 4 7 -7 11
13 Krasnodar 3 10 2 2 6 10 19 5 2 0 3 6 9 5 0 2 3 4 10 -9 8
14 Inter Cherkessk 10 2 2 6 13 25 5 2 1 2 8 9 5 0 1 4 5 16 -12 8
15 Biolog 10 2 1 7 12 21 5 1 1 3 8 8 5 1 0 4 4 13 -9 7
16 Essentuki 9 1 1 7 7 19 4 1 0 3 6 10 5 0 1 4 1 9 -12 4
17 Tuapse 8 0 1 7 7 28 6 0 1 5 5 19 2 0 0 2 2 9 -21 1

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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.