Struggling Sakhalin will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Metallurg Lipetsk in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Metallurg Lipetsk, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Sakhalin form and stats
1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pfl numbers at home for Sakhalin so far this season. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sakhalin, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 285 minutes without scoring a league goal. E. Matrakhov was the last player to find the net.
Sakhalin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Strogino (placed 8th). Ahead of that match, Sakhalin lost 0-2 at home to Salyut Belgorod.
The Sakhalin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
As the visiting team in Pfl matches, Metallurg Lipetsk have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Metallurg on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Metallurg go into this game after a win, the home game against Khimki 2 that ended 4-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Kvant.
As you can tell from the results above, Metallurg was very dominant against Khimki 2, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with S. Chernyshov providing the goals.
Metallurg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Metallurg Lipetsk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kutjin 4 goals |  I. Glebov 3 goals |  V. Maslyak 2 goals |
Sakhalin missing players
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
| Sakhalin | Metallurg Lipetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | 23 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 78 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 44% |
- All of Metallurg Lipetsk's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored more than double the goals of Sakhalin.
- Metallurg Lipetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sakhalin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Salyut Belgorod | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Ryazan | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Strogino | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Kvant | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Znamya Noginsk | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Kaluga | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Khimki 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -11 | 12 |
| 13 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 15 | Fakel II | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 6 |
| 16 | Sakhalin | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -13 | 5 |