It's still early in the Pfl season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Luki-Energiya - Zenit Irkutsk preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Zenit Irkutsk, who are travelling more than 5600 kilometers to play this game.
Luki-Energiya form and stats
Luki-Energiya have collected 6 points from their Pfl home games so far after 2-0-2.
Luki-Energiya's previous game was a Pfl match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Chita (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that match was a defeat to Tver (0-2).
A decent goal production from Luki-Energiya in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Luki-Energiya's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zenit Irkutsk form and stats
Zenit Irkutsk are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pfl, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Irkutsk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Smolensk (placed 13th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Novosibirsk (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Russian Cup.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Khimki in just three days.
Irkutsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Zenit Irkutsk have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Egorov 2 goals |  M. Yakovlev 2 goals | V. Lunev 1 goals |
Luki-Energiya missing players
Zenit Irkutsk missing players
| Luki-Energiya | Zenit Irkutsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 6.7 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 45 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 47% |
| Luki-Energiya | Last season | Zenit Irkutsk | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 58% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 31% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | ||
| 3.2 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 83 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 89 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 32 | ||
| 30% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tver | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Rodina Moskva | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Dolgie Prudy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva II | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Murom | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Zenit Irkutsk | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Kazanka | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Leningradets | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Luki-Energiya | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Zenit II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Znamya Truda | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Zvezda Sint Petersburg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Smolensk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Torpedo Vladimir | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Kolomna | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 1 |
| 16 | Chita | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 1 |