Pfl match preview: Sakhalin versus Chita

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Date: Wed 08.May
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)

It's advantage Sakhalin so far with their 2nd position in the Pfl table, welcoming Chita who are placed 4th.

Sakhalin have less rest than Chita in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Pfl game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zenit Irkutsk, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.

Chita play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Chita when playing on artificial turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from four matches. They have scored 3 goals and conceded 8 times in these games. It's quite the trip for Chita when visiting Sakhalin as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.

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Sakhalin form and stats

Sakhalin, who have the most points (17) at home in Pfl, are steadily winning games and points here. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. After failing to beat Arsenal Tula here, Sakhalin has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Sakhalin supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zenit Irkutsk in Pfl and win 4-1. 0-0 away at Zenit Irkutsk before that.

Sakhalin are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 games. Sakhalin are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Chita form and stats

Chita have only collected 6 points from their away games after 2-0-4 (6 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Chita are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The supporters enjoyed Chita's previous game versus Sibir II, a Pfl 1-0 win played at home. A draw for Chita before that, at their own venue hosting Sakhalin (1-1).

Chita are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Chita have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chita - Sakhalin 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Sakhalin 3 wins, 1 draw and Chita 0 victories.

Top Goalscorers

A. Gagloev
9 goals
E. Shcherbakov
7 goals
D. Bolshunov
4 goals

Sakhalin missing players

Chita missing players

Sakhalin Chita
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
16 9 2 Played 2 9 17
11 7 2 Won 0 2 4
4 2 0 Drew 0 1 4
1 0 0 Lost 2 6 9
32 24 7 Scored 1 11 20
11 7 1 Conceded 5 17 29
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 89% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 94%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 100% 89% 71%
25% 44% 50% Over 3.5 0% 22% 24%
19% 33% 50% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 56% 50% BTTS 50% 56% 65%
44% 44% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 22% 18%
19% 11% 0% Failed To Score 50% 22% 18%
 
6.7 7.3 8 Corners For (avg) 6 3.2 4.6
3.2 3.6 2.5 Corners Against (avg) 7 6.2 5.5
1.8 1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.2 1.5
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Chita hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Chita is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Sakhalin is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Sakhalin
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-04-19 CF Zenit Irkutsk 0 - 3 Sakhalin
15-04-19 PFL Sakhalin 2 - 0 Irtysh
18-04-19 PFL Sakhalin 4 - 3 Dinamo Barnaul
25-04-19 PFL Chita 1 - 1 Sakhalin
28-04-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk 0 - 0 Sakhalin
05-05-19 PFL Sakhalin 4 - 1 Zenit Irkutsk
08-05-19 PFL Sakhalin 08:30 Chita
15-05-19 PFL Dinamo Barnaul - Sakhalin
18-05-19 PFL Irtysh - Sakhalin
28-05-19 PFL Sibir II - Sakhalin
Chita
All FNL Pfl Russian Cup
All Home Away
03-10-18 PFL Sibir II 0 - 3 Chita
07-10-18 PFL Irtysh 3 - 0 Chita
10-10-18 PFL Dinamo Barnaul 2 - 1 Chita
18-04-19 PFL Chita 1 - 1 Zenit Irkutsk
25-04-19 PFL Chita 1 - 1 Sakhalin
28-04-19 PFL Chita 1 - 0 Sibir II
08-05-19 PFL Sakhalin 08:30 Chita
18-05-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk - Chita
25-05-19 PFL Chita - Dinamo Barnaul
28-05-19 PFL Chita - Irtysh

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Irtysh 14 9 3 2 25 8 6 5 0 1 11 4 8 4 3 1 14 4 17 30
2 Sakhalin 12 8 4 0 24 9 7 5 2 0 18 6 5 3 2 0 6 3 15 28
3 Zenit Irkutsk 13 4 6 3 13 10 6 2 3 1 6 1 7 2 3 2 7 9 3 18
4 Chita 14 4 3 7 17 22 8 2 3 3 9 12 6 2 0 4 8 10 -5 15
5 Dinamo Barnaul 14 3 5 6 14 20 6 2 2 2 6 8 8 1 3 4 8 12 -6 14
6 Sibir II 13 1 1 11 7 31 7 1 1 5 5 14 6 0 0 6 2 17 -24 4

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