It's game two of the Pfl season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Saturn Ramenskoye-Sakhalin!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Sakhalin have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Saturn Ramenskoye form and stats
No payout for Saturn Ramenskoye in their previous match, an away game at Salyut Belgorod that ended in defeat 1-2. Preceding that match was a Russian Cup defeat to Kolomna (0-3).
Last season, Saturn Ramenskoye's league statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Pfl. Over these 17 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Saturn Ramenskoye managed 2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 15 conceded.
Sakhalin form and stats
Sakhalin have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Pfl were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 7 fixtures.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sakhalin as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Pfl match against Khimki 2 (0-2). Before that, Sakhalin travelled to Chita and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sakhalin manager O. Sidorenkov as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kolomna.
It's early days yet, but Sakhalin has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Sakhalin performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 6/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Saturn Ramenskoye one win, one draw and Sakhalin zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Saturn Ramenskoye missing players
Sakhalin missing players
| Saturn Ramenskoye | Sakhalin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Saturn Ramenskoye | Last season | Sakhalin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 67% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 42% | ||
| 53% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 17% | ||
| 76% | 78% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 33% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 25% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 177 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 112 | ||
| 75 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 44 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Khimki 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ryazan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kvant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Salyut Belgorod | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kaluga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Strogino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Znamya Noginsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sokol Saratov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Avangard Kursk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Fakel II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Sakhalin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Bryansk | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Sokol Saratov | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 27 | 37 |
| 3 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Salyut Belgorod | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Ryazan | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Zorkiy | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Ararat Moskva | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Kaluga | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Strogino | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 17 |
| 13 | Rotor-2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
| 14 | Kvant | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -32 | 8 |