Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Metallurg Lipetsk - Sokol Saratov!
- Metallurg Lipetsk have the most scored goals (54) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pfl
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 are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Sokol Saratov are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 13 Pfl games here for Metallurg Lipetsk. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Metallurg has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here. We remember; it was Znamya Noginsk.
Happy days for Metallurg in their previous game, a Pfl match away at Metallurg Vidnoye (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Ryazan.There will be little rest for Metallurg Lipetsk after this match as they are travelling to Avangard Kursk for a Pfl game in only four days.
Metallurg are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 33 goals in 13 matches. Metallurg are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.
Sokol Saratov form and stats
Playing away, Sokol Saratov, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pfl, have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Pfl this season. The fact that Saratov have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Saratov goalkeeper Artem Fedorov is eager to challenge this, with his 425 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
A. Perchenok scored in Saratov's previous match, the home game against Strogino that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Avangard Kursk with the score of 3-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Krasnyy-SGAFKST in just four days.
Saratov are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sokol Saratov - Metallurg Lipetsk 1-3. Last six meetings between the teams: Metallurg won three, Sokol Saratov won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 15 goals |  V. Babaev 11 goals |  I. Khleborodov 11 goals |
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
Sokol Saratov missing players
| Metallurg Lipetsk | Sokol Saratov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 54 | 33 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 18 | 41 |
| 24 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 88% |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 62% |
| 65% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 35% | 46% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 23% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 50% | 46% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 31% |
| 42% | 54% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 46% | 62% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 23% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 12.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.5 | 14.6 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 40% | 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 24% |
- Metallurg Lipetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have the most scored goals (33) at home in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk have the most scored goals (54) in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sokol Saratov have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov have the most clean sheets (16) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 57 |
| 2 | Sokol Saratov | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Ryazan | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 30 | 48 |
| 5 | Salyut Belgorod | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 26 | 48 |
| 6 | Kaluga | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 43 |
| 7 | Strogino | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 8 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Znamya Noginsk | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | Avangard Kursk | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 12 | Khimki 2 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 57 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 41 | -22 | 26 |
| 13 | Kvant | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 25 |
| 14 | Sakhalin | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 32 | -22 | 19 |
| 15 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 42 | -41 | 19 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 34 | -35 | 18 |