Essentuki have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Legion Dynamo. Prepare for the match with this Pfl preview!
The hosts Legion saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Russian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Spartak Nal'chik, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
Last season, Legion Dynamo's league statistics were 16 wins, 13 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Pfl. Over these 32 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 22. Playing at home last season Legion Dynamo managed 10-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 10 conceded.
Essentuki form and stats
Let's have a look at how Essentuki performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 4 draws and 25 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 80 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 13 with 7/35 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mashuk-KMV in just four days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Legion victories, zero draws and zero Essentuki wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Legion Dynamo missing players
Essentuki missing players
| Legion Dynamo | Essentuki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Legion Dynamo | Last season | Essentuki | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 13 | 25 | ||
| 56 | 34 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 35 | 80 | ||
| 81% | 81% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 69% | ||
| 25% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 34% | ||
| 9% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | ||
| 41% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 19% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 6% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | ||
| 52% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 53% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Biolog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Anzhi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Chayka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Forte Taganrog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Makhachkala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mashuk-KMV | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | SKA Rostov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spartak Nal'chik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chernomorets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kuban Kholding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Legion Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Alaniya Vladikavkaz II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Rotor-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Tuapse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Urozhay | 32 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 66 | 80 |
| 2 | Kuban Kholding | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 39 | 77 |
| 3 | Chernomorets | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 38 | 72 |
| 4 | Legion Dynamo | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 56 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 61 |
| 5 | SKA Rostov | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 36 | 59 |
| 6 | Anzhi | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 51 |
| 7 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Forte Taganrog | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 47 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 47 |
| 10 | Spartak Nal'chik | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 42 |
| 11 | Biolog | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 39 |
| 12 | Krasnodar 3 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -17 | 36 |
| 13 | Mashuk-KMV | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 35 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 41 | -52 | 25 |
| 15 | Inter Cherkessk | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 50 | -61 | 18 |
| 16 | Tuapse | 32 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 37 | 112 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 66 | -75 | 15 |
| 17 | Essentuki | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 35 | -54 | 13 |