The Sokol Saratov & Metallurg Lipetsk managers D. Voetsky and S. Mashnin are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pfl league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sokol Saratov form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Sokol Saratov have to build on here at Stadion Lokomotiv in the Pfl. Two home wins in a row for Saratov bring valid hopes of a third.
Saratov faced defeat in their previous match, away at Strogino (2-3). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Salyut Belgorod in a game that was won 1-0.
Sokol Saratov are traveling soon after this match as the Pfl match at Krasnyy-SGAFKST awaits in four days.
The Saratov manager D. Voetsky has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Saratov have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Metallurg Lipetsk form and stats
Playing away, Metallurg Lipetsk, who have the most points (12) away in Pfl, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pfl this season. The fact that Metallurg have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Metallurg Lipetsk's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Znamya Noginsk game.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Metallurg Lipetsk goalkeeper Aleksandr Kobzev is eager to challenge this, with his 320 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Metallurg's previous game versus Metallurg Vidnoye (placed 13th), a Pfl 7-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sakhalin with the score of 2-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Metallurg was very dominant against Metallurg Vidnoye, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with I. Glebov, A. Kutjin and A. Ovchinnikov providing the goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avangard Kursk in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Metallurg Lipetsk's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. As opposed to that, Metallurg have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Sokol Saratov won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Metallurg Lipetsk has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / twoTop Goalscorers
  I. Khleborodov 7 goals |   A. Kutjin 7 goals | V. Babaev 5 goals |
Sokol Saratov missing players
Metallurg Lipetsk missing players
| Sokol Saratov | Metallurg Lipetsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 26 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 58% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 169 | 81 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 47 | 111 |
| 79 | 36 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 19 | 50 |
| 27% | 28% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 48% |
- All of Metallurg Lipetsk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Metallurg Lipetsk has the most points (12) away in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Pfl
- Metallurg Lipetsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Metallurg Lipetsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Metallurg Lipetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sokol Saratov have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Sokol Saratov have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sokol Saratov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Ryazan | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Salyut Belgorod | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 6 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Kaluga | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Strogino | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Znamya Noginsk | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Kvant | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Avangard Kursk | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -18 | 6 |