Legion Dynamo vs Essentuki: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

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.

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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.

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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 low Statistics Stat vs low 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

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.