A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Metallurg Lipetsk fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Khimki 2's 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Metallurg's stadium, Stadion Metallurg, has a grass surface. Khimki 2 have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Khimki 2 when playing on grass; 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from eight matches. They have scored 8 goals in these games and conceded 13.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Pfl numbers at home for Metallurg Lipetsk so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Metallurg have been steadily collecting points here at Stadion Metallurg through three straight draws.
Metallurg are returning here after visiting Kvant in a Pfl game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A. Ovchinnikov (2) scored the goal(s). In the match before that, Metallurg hosted Khimik Novomoskovsk and drew the game 1-1.
Metallurg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Metallurg have conceded 5 goals.
Khimki 2 form and stats
Playing away, Khimki 2 have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Pfl this season.
B. Mishukov and M. Zhumabekov scored in Khimki's previous match, the home game against Strogino that ended 2-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Khimki 2's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. There are big problems for the Khimki defense as they have conceded 15 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's four Metallurg Lipetsk victories, zero draws and zero Khimki 2 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 4 goals |   B. Mishukov 3 goals |  A. Ovchinnikov 2 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Khimki 2 missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Khimki 2 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 20 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 75% | 33% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | 40 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 59 |
| 30 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 37% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 39% |
- All of Khimki 2's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Khimki 2 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Khimki 2 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Khimki 2 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Khimki 2 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 | Sokol Saratov | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Salyut Belgorod | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Kvant | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | Kaluga | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Ryazan | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Znamya Noginsk | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Strogino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Avangard Kursk | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 3 |