It's early days in the Pfl and both Metallurg Lipetsk and Krasnyy-SGAFKST are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
Metallurg Lipetsk have played 3 Pfl games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Saturn Ramenskoye in the Pfl last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Strogino and winning 3-2.
Opportunity lost for Metallurg in the Saturn Ramenskoye match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Metallurg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Metallurg with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Metallurg Lipetsk have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Krasnyy-SGAFKST form and stats
Four points from two away games for Krasnyy-SGAFKST, meaning one draw and one victory in the Pfl so far.
Krasnyy-SGAFKST aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 242 league minutes without a goal. A. Bachevsky was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pfl home defeat versus Strogino with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Salyut Belgorod.
Krasnyy-SGAFKST have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 3 goals |  E. Frolov 1 goals |  R. Voydel 1 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Krasnyy-SGAFKST missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 5.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | 18 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 41 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 46% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 19% |
- All of Metallurg Lipetsk's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Krasnyy-SGAFKST has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
- Krasnyy-SGAFKST have not yet lost a game away.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored more than double the goals of Krasnyy-SGAFKST.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Metallurg Lipetsk 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 | Ryazan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Salyut Belgorod | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Sokol Saratov | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Kvant | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 6 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Strogino | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Kaluga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Znamya Noginsk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Avangard Kursk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Khimki 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 0 |