Only a few games have been played in the Pfl so far, with Sokol Saratov placed 3rd and Sakhalin sitting in the 15th position.
Sokol Saratov and Sakhalin should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sakhalin, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Sokol Saratov form and stats
The hosts won their first Pfl game here at Stadion Lokomotiv, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sokol Saratov last season were 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 9 games.
A good away victory last time out for Saratov, who won 2-1 against Khimki 2 (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Saratov won a home game hosting Murom (2-1).
There will be little rest for Sokol Saratov after this match as they are travelling to Znamya Noginsk for a Russian Cup game in only three days.
Sokol Saratov has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Sakhalin form and stats
It's not happening yet for Sakhalin on their Pfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Sakhalin seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Sakhalin have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 182 minutes.
Sakhalin are travelling again after losing away to Metallurg Vidnoye in their previous match (0-3).
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sakhalin has managed 0 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Khleborodov 2 goals |  A. Molodtsov 1 goals | A. Pasko 1 goals |
Sokol Saratov missing players
Sakhalin missing players
| Sokol Saratov | Sakhalin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 6.7 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 14 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 37% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sokol Saratov | Last season | Sakhalin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 82% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 67% | ||
| 59% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 42% | ||
| 24% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 17% | ||
| 41% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 33% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 25% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 179 | 103 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 112 | ||
| 95 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 44 | ||
| 37% | 33% | 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 | Ryazan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Salyut Belgorod | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Kvant | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Strogino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Kaluga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Znamya Noginsk | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Avangard Kursk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 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 |