Here's what we know about the Nosta - Volga Ulyanovsk match:

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Nosta will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Volga Ulyanovsk.

Insights:
  • Nosta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pfl

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.

13-3-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Volga Ulyanovsk when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 24 matches are 30-25 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Nosta form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Nosta have to build on here in the Pfl. Ever since the Volna Kovernino game Nosta has been unbeatable here producing four straight wins.

An away draw last time out for Nosta, facing Lada Tolyatti in a game that ended 1-1. Before that, Nosta had a home game versus Lada SOK which ended with a victory 2-1.

Goals decide football matches and Nosta are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 9 league matches. Nosta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats

Volga Ulyanovsk's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Volga Ulyanovsk, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pfl, collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Pfl. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

It's the second away game in a row for Volga Ulyanovsk, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Dinamo Barnaul (placed 6th) in the Pfl last time out. A 1-3 defeat away at Novosibirsk before that.

Volga Ulyanovsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Volga Ulyanovsk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Volga Ulyanovsk - Nosta 2-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (Nosta wins - draws - Volga Ulyanovsk wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Nosta missing players

Volga Ulyanovsk missing players

Nosta Volga Ulyanovsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 10 19
7 5 0 Won W 2 6 11
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
7 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
28 22 1 Scored S 3 13 22
28 13 5 Conceded C 1 8 11
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 53%
61% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 21%
28% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 26%
28% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 58%
33% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.1 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 11.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9 9.7
4.3 6.1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.3
42% 51% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 27%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • All of Nosta's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nosta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nosta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the most clean sheets (11) in Pfl

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Novosibirsk 19 13 6 0 42 12 9 6 3 0 18 7 10 7 3 0 24 5 30 45
2 Tyumen 19 13 3 3 30 15 9 6 1 2 13 4 10 7 2 1 17 11 15 42
3 KAMAZ 19 13 1 5 49 18 9 7 0 2 29 8 10 6 1 3 20 10 31 40
4 Volga Ulyanovsk 19 11 4 4 22 11 9 5 2 2 9 3 10 6 2 2 13 8 11 37
5 Chelyabinsk 18 11 1 6 38 17 10 7 0 3 29 9 8 4 1 3 9 8 21 34
6 Dinamo Barnaul 19 10 2 7 25 22 9 5 1 3 12 9 10 5 1 4 13 13 3 32
7 Zvezda Perm 18 9 4 5 34 22 9 5 3 1 20 10 9 4 1 4 14 12 12 31
8 Nosta 18 7 4 7 28 28 9 5 1 3 22 13 9 2 3 4 6 15 0 25
9 Volna Kovernino 19 7 3 9 21 23 9 3 1 5 7 10 10 4 2 4 14 13 -2 24
10 Ural 2 18 5 7 6 21 26 10 3 5 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 10 16 -5 22
11 Lada SOK 20 5 6 9 24 21 10 2 5 3 6 7 10 3 1 6 18 14 3 21
12 Orenburg II 18 3 3 12 11 37 10 1 2 7 6 21 8 2 1 5 5 16 -26 12
13 Krylya Sovetov Samara II 19 3 2 14 20 43 10 2 0 8 14 22 9 1 2 6 6 21 -23 11
14 Zenit Izhevsk 18 2 3 13 12 34 7 2 1 4 8 10 11 0 2 9 4 24 -22 9
15 Lada Tolyatti 19 2 3 14 13 61 11 2 1 8 9 34 8 0 2 6 4 27 -48 9

Read more about Pfl

The Professional Football League (PFL) is the third level of Russian football. It is divided into five divisions (or zones) based on the team’s location. The divisions have a varying number of teams, in total about 60. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom team is relegated.