There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Metallurg Lipetsk leading Metallurg Vidnoye by 9 points.
Metallurg Vidnoye could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pfl game only four sleeps ago.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
The story so far in the Pfl for Metallurg Lipetsk at their home stadium (Stadion Metallurg) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The Metallurg Lipetsk goalkeeper Aleksandr Kobzev is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 230 minutes without conceding a goal in the Pfl.
Happy days for Metallurg in their previous game, a Pfl match away at Sakhalin (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Metallurg had a home game versus Khimki 2 which ended with a victory 4-0.
The Metallurg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Metallurg have conceded only 5 goals.
Metallurg Vidnoye form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pfl.
Metallurg are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the Pfl against Strogino (placed 10th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Salyut Belgorod.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Strogino was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The attacking power of Metallurg when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Metallurg have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 6 goals |   P. Barbashov 5 goals | I. Glebov 3 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Metallurg Vidnoye missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Metallurg Vidnoye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 82% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | 44 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 28 | 64 |
| 39 | 20 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 45% |
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Metallurg Vidnoye have scored away.
- Metallurg Vidnoye has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Pfl
- Metallurg Vidnoye have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Metallurg Vidnoye have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Metallurg Vidnoye 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Salyut Belgorod | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Ryazan | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Kaluga | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Znamya Noginsk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Strogino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Kvant | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Khimki 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -12 | 12 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Fakel II | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Sakhalin | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -15 | 5 |