Pfl match preview and statistics: SKA Rostov fight Spartak Nal'chik

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Fri 23.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

It's ground zero in Pfl - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how SKA Rostov and Spartak Nal'chik did in their pre-season friendlies!

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!

It's quite the trip for Spartak Nal'chik when visiting SKA Rostov as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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SKA Rostov form and stats

Last season, SKA Rostov's league statistics were 18 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Pfl. Over these 32 matches they scored 70 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season SKA Rostov managed 10-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 16 conceded.

Rostov have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; SKA Rostov scored 5 goals and let in 0 goals during these one game.

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Spartak Nal'chik form and stats

Let's have a look at how Spartak Nal'chik performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 21/22 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Nal'chik have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from three fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Rostov two wins, two draws and Spartak Nal'chik one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

SKA Rostov missing players

Spartak Nal'chik missing players

SKA Rostov Spartak Nal'chik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 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% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
SKA Rostov Last season Spartak Nal'chik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 32
18 10   Won W   4 11
5 2   Drew D   5 9
9 4   Lost L   7 12
70 32   Scored S   21 43
34 16   Conceded C   22 38
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
75% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 66%
66% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 44%
47% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 34%
22% 19%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 19%
53% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 41%
31% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 31%
19% 12%   Failed to Score F T   38% 41%
 
4.8 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.3
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4
2.8 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3
5 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
14.3 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10.6
6.2 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.2
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alaniya Vladikavkaz II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Anzhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Biolog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chernomorets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dinamo Stavropol' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Druzhba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Essentuki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Forte Taganrog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kuban Kholding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Legion Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Makhachkala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mashuk-KMV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rotor-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 SKA Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Spartak Nal'chik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Tuapse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Urozhay 32 26 2 4 88 22 16 13 1 2 49 11 16 13 1 2 39 11 66 80
2 Kuban Kholding 32 24 5 3 63 24 16 11 3 2 29 14 16 13 2 1 34 10 39 77
3 Chernomorets 32 22 6 4 57 19 16 13 1 2 28 7 16 9 5 2 29 12 38 72
4 Legion Dynamo 32 16 13 3 56 22 16 10 5 1 34 10 16 6 8 2 22 12 34 61
5 SKA Rostov 32 18 5 9 70 34 16 10 2 4 32 16 16 8 3 5 38 18 36 59
6 Anzhi 32 14 9 9 59 43 16 8 5 3 30 17 16 6 4 6 29 26 16 51
7 Dinamo Stavropol' 32 14 6 12 51 45 16 8 4 4 32 18 16 6 2 8 19 27 6 48
8 Forte Taganrog 32 13 8 11 53 32 16 7 6 3 27 10 16 6 2 8 26 22 21 47
9 Makhachkala 32 13 8 11 48 42 16 10 2 4 34 18 16 3 6 7 14 24 6 47
10 Spartak Nal'chik 32 11 9 12 43 38 16 7 4 5 22 16 16 4 5 7 21 22 5 42
11 Biolog 32 12 3 17 61 53 16 7 2 7 34 24 16 5 1 10 27 29 8 39
12 Krasnodar 3 32 10 6 16 40 57 16 6 2 8 22 30 16 4 4 8 18 27 -17 36
13 Mashuk-KMV 32 9 7 16 40 56 16 6 5 5 27 21 16 3 2 11 13 35 -16 34
14 Druzhba 32 7 4 21 27 79 16 4 2 10 16 38 16 3 2 11 11 41 -52 25
15 Inter Cherkessk 32 4 6 22 28 89 16 2 4 10 13 39 16 2 2 12 15 50 -61 18
16 Tuapse 32 4 3 25 37 112 16 4 2 10 19 46 16 0 1 15 18 66 -75 15
17 Essentuki 32 3 4 25 26 80 16 2 2 12 19 45 16 1 2 13 7 35 -54 13

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.