All you need to know about the Kuban Kholding - SKA Rostov game:

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Fri 21.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

This should be quite a game, with Kuban Kholding placed 1st and SKA Rostov at 5th. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Kuban Kholding have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Pfl
  • SKA Rostov have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Pfl

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.

Kholding are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Rostov most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Kuban Kholding form and stats

Kuban Kholding are steadily winning Pfl games and points here. 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games. Kholding has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Forte Taganrog defeat 208 days ago.

Kholding are returning here after visiting Druzhba in a Pfl game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. A. Zaikin, N. Gigolaev and R. Gigolaev scored the goal(s). Nobody expected Kuban Kholding to beat Druzhba in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Kholding decided the match against Druzhba in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

Ahead of that match, Kholding won a home game hosting Forte Taganrog (2-1).

A decent goal production from Kholding in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. Kholding have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SKA Rostov form and stats

Playing away, SKA Rostov, who have the most scored goals (34) away in Pfl, have won 8 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Pfl this season. Two points from the last two away games for SKA Rostov, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Rostov delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Krasnodar 3 (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Pfl game.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Legion Dynamo.

The SKA Rostov manager D. Popov has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rostov are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; SKA Rostov - Kholding 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Kholding three wins, zero draws and SKA Rostov zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SKA RostovG. Gongadze
G. Gongadze
13 goals
KholdingN. Gigolaev
N. Gigolaev
10 goals
Kuban KholdingA. Dyshekov
A. Dyshekov
8 goals

Kuban Kholding missing players

SKA Rostov missing players

Kuban Kholding SKA Rostov
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 27
22 10 1 Won W 0 8 16
4 3 2 Drew D 1 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
57 25 4 Scored S 0 34 60
19 10 3 Conceded C 3 13 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 96%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 79% 74%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 63%
18% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 41%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 19%
54% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 48%
43% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 33%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.6 11.5 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 14.9 14.4
4.6 4.9 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 6.9 6.2
44% 34% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 33%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • Kuban Kholding have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kuban Kholding have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kuban Kholding have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Pfl
  • Kuban Kholding have the most points from losing position (17) in Pfl
  • Kuban Kholding have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Pfl
  • Kuban Kholding haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SKA Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SKA Rostov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SKA Rostov have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Pfl
  • SKA Rostov have the most scored goals (34) away in Pfl

  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 28 22 4 2 57 19 14 10 3 1 25 10 14 12 1 1 32 9 38 70
2 Urozhay 28 22 2 4 69 20 14 11 1 2 38 9 14 11 1 2 31 11 49 68
3 Chernomorets 27 17 6 4 42 15 13 10 1 2 18 6 14 7 5 2 24 9 27 57
4 Legion Dynamo 27 14 12 1 51 17 14 10 4 0 34 7 13 4 8 1 17 10 34 54
5 SKA Rostov 27 16 4 7 60 25 13 8 2 3 26 12 14 8 2 4 34 13 35 52
6 Makhachkala 28 11 7 10 41 37 14 8 2 4 28 17 14 3 5 6 13 20 4 40
7 Anzhi 27 10 9 8 41 38 13 5 5 3 18 15 14 5 4 5 23 23 3 39
8 Forte Taganrog 27 10 8 9 46 26 14 6 6 2 25 8 13 4 2 7 21 18 20 38
9 Spartak Nal'chik 27 10 7 10 34 31 13 6 3 4 15 12 14 4 4 6 19 19 3 37
10 Dinamo Stavropol' 26 10 5 11 36 39 12 5 4 3 21 15 14 5 1 8 15 24 -3 35
11 Mashuk-KMV 27 9 5 13 36 45 14 6 3 5 23 17 13 3 2 8 13 28 -9 32
12 Biolog 27 9 3 15 46 46 14 6 2 6 27 20 13 3 1 9 19 26 0 30
13 Krasnodar 3 27 8 6 13 33 45 14 5 2 7 19 27 13 3 4 6 14 18 -12 30
14 Druzhba 27 5 4 18 22 63 14 3 2 9 15 34 13 2 2 9 7 29 -41 19
15 Inter Cherkessk 28 4 6 18 25 71 14 2 4 8 12 30 14 2 2 10 13 41 -46 18
16 Tuapse 27 4 2 21 33 88 14 4 1 9 17 40 13 0 1 12 16 48 -55 14
17 Essentuki 27 3 4 20 23 70 13 2 2 9 16 39 14 1 2 11 7 31 -47 13

Read more about Pfl

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.