Pfl preview: Can Sakhalin edge out victory against Chita?

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Chita have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-0-5 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches. It's quite the trip for Chita when visiting Sakhalin as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.

Sakhalin form and stats

Sakhalin must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pfl games here.

Sakhalin's previous game was a Pfl match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Novosibirsk (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Irtysh with the scoreline 1-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sakhalin handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D0-L0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sakhalin, as the Pfl home game vs Zenit Irkutsk is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Sakhalin are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Sakhalin are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (6 from 3 played).

Chita form and stats

Things could have gone better for Chita in their Pfl away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

The supporters enjoyed Chita's previous game versus Dinamo Barnaul (placed 4th), a Pfl 3-0 win played at home. A 0-1 loss hosting Irtysh before that.

Chita are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pfl trip to Novosibirsk.

Chita are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Chita have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Chita - Sakhalin 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 4 Sakhalin victories, 2 draws and 0 Chita wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Shcherbakov 8 goals

Sakhalin missing players

Chita missing players