It's game two of the Pfl season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Spartak Nal'chik-Legion Dynamo!
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!
Spartak Nal'chik form and stats
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Khachirov was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Nal'chik will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Pfl game against SKA Rostov (placed 8th).
Nal'chik are traveling soon after this match as the Russian Cup match at Dinamo Stavropol' awaits in four days.
Last season, Spartak Nal'chik's league statistics were 4 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Pfl. Over these 19 matches they scored 18 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season Spartak Nal'chik managed 3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 15 conceded.
Legion Dynamo form and stats
The Legion goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 255 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Legion go into this game after a win, the home game against Chernomorets that ended 1-0. Before that, Legion Dynamo secured a home win against Mashuk-KMV with the score 3-0.
D. Kadiev came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Chernomorets last time out, making the manager R. Izbulatov feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Chernomorets, was very satisfying as D. Kadiev scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A quick return to home after this game, as Legion are hosting Anzhi in the Russian Cup only four days away.
Let's have a look at how Legion Dynamo performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 18 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 7/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Spartak Nal'chik-Legion Dynamo H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Nal'chik zero wins, Legion Dynamo two wins, three draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Kadiev 1 goals |
Spartak Nal'chik missing players
Legion Dynamo missing players
| Spartak Nal'chik | Legion Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Spartak Nal'chik | Last season | Legion Dynamo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 68% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 22% | 21% | ||
| 26% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 11% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 37% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 37% | ||
| 42% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 26% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 196 | 124 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 129 | ||
| 80 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 54 | ||
| 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Forte Taganrog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Anzhi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Mashuk-KMV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Kuban Kholding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Krasnodar 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Legion Dynamo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | SKA Rostov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Biolog | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Chernomorets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Spartak Nal'chik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Essentuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Druzhba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Makhachkala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Tuapse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 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 | Volgar Astrakhan | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 41 | 46 |
| 3 | Druzhba | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Chernomorets | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 33 |
| 5 | Dinamo Stavropol' | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Legion Dynamo | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | SKA Rostov | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Biolog | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Makhachkala | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Mashuk-KMV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Inter Cherkessk | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 20 |
| 12 | Urozhay | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 13 | Spartak Nal'chik | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 19 |
| 14 | Krasnodar 3 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -26 | 8 |