Early betting lines indicate Veles advantage hosting Luki-Energiya

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Date: Fri 16.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Veles and Luki-Energiya.

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Veles form and stats

Veles 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 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Veles scored 0 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.

Veles could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Pfl. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games they witnessed 7 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W13 - D2 - L2 from 17 games.

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Luki-Energiya form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Luki-Energiya as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Luki-Energiya have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Luki-Energiya has scored 0 goals and conceded 0 times.

Let's have a look at how Luki-Energiya performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 6/8 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Veles and Luki-Energiya have met before this season: Veles - Luki-Energiya 2-0. Veles-Luki-Energiya H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Veles 1 win, Luki-Energiya 2 wins, 0 draws. 1 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

A. Baev
5 goals
L. Reshetnikov
2 goals
N. Dubchak
1 goals

Veles missing players

Luki-Energiya missing players

Veles Luki-Energiya
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played 1 3 5
2 2 0 Won 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost 0 2 2
6 5 0 Scored 2 3 4
3 0 0 Conceded 1 6 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 80%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 100% 67% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS 100% 67% 60%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 20%
25% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 40%
 
6.7 8 0 Corners For (avg) 2 4 4
2 2.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 1 4.7 4.7
1.7 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Veles Last season Luki-Energiya
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played 4 12 24
15 8 2 Won 1 3 8
4 2 1 Drew 0 2 5
5 2 1 Lost 3 7 11
44 25 3 Scored 3 8 22
18 6 2 Conceded 6 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 88%
75% 67% 25% Over 1.5 50% 50% 54%
50% 42% 0% Over 2.5 50% 25% 38%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 25% 8% 12%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 25% BTTS 50% 33% 33%
46% 50% 50% Clean Sheets 25% 25% 38%
21% 17% 25% Failed To Score 25% 50% 42%
 
6 6.7 6.5 Corners For (avg) 3 4 4.5
3.7 3.9 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 6 6.4 6
2.5 2.5 3.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Veles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Veles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Luki-Energiya have scored away.
  • Veles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Veles
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-07-19 PFL Pskov 747 2 - 0 Veles
28-07-19 RC Rodina Moskva 0 - 2 Veles
01-08-19 PFL Veles 3 - 0 Zvezda Sint Petersburg
05-08-19 RC Veles 2 - 1 Krasnyy-SGAFKST
16-08-19 PFL Veles 2 - 0 Luki-Energiya
21-08-19 RC Veles 00:00 Torpedo Moskva
23-08-19 PFL Kolomna 00:00 Veles
30-08-19 PFL Veles - Rodina Moskva
06-09-19 PFL Olimp Khimki - Veles
14-09-19 PFL Veles - Leningradets
Luki-Energiya
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
28-07-19 RC Pskov 747 0 - 1 Luki-Energiya
01-08-19 PFL Dolgie Prudy 3 - 1 Luki-Energiya
05-08-19 RC Luki-Energiya 1 - 1 Leningradets
09-08-19 PFL Luki-Energiya 1 - 1 Torpedo Vladimir
16-08-19 PFL Veles 2 - 0 Luki-Energiya
23-08-19 PFL Luki-Energiya 00:00 Zvezda Sint Petersburg
30-08-19 PFL Zenit II - Luki-Energiya
06-09-19 PFL Pskov 747 - Luki-Energiya
14-09-19 PFL Luki-Energiya - Kolomna
21-09-19 PFL Rodina Moskva - Luki-Energiya

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dolgie Prudy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Kazanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Kolomna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Leningradets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Luki-Energiya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Murom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Olimp Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Pskov 747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rodina Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Torpedo Vladimir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Veles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Zenit II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Znamya Truda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Zvezda Sint Petersburg 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 D P
1 Veles 17 13 2 2 38 7 10 7 2 1 24 5 7 6 0 1 14 2 31 41
2 Tekstilshchik 17 13 1 3 30 14 8 7 1 0 15 1 9 6 0 3 15 13 16 40
3 Kazanka 17 12 2 3 42 22 9 8 0 1 26 11 8 4 2 2 16 11 20 38
4 Leningradets 23 11 3 9 32 28 12 7 2 3 17 9 11 4 1 6 15 19 4 36
5 Dolgie Prudy 17 10 2 5 35 12 9 6 2 1 23 7 8 4 0 4 12 5 23 32
6 Znamya Truda 23 9 4 10 28 27 11 4 2 5 11 15 12 5 2 5 17 12 1 31
7 Murom 17 8 4 5 30 25 8 6 1 1 20 9 9 2 3 4 10 16 5 28
8 Luki-Energiya 15 7 1 7 16 17 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 3 0 4 6 8 -1 22
9 Torpedo Vladimir 17 5 4 8 20 22 8 4 1 3 11 10 9 1 3 5 9 12 -2 19
10 Pskov 747 18 6 1 11 26 34 8 5 0 3 11 9 10 1 1 8 15 25 -8 19
11 Kolomna 18 5 1 12 21 49 10 5 1 4 16 19 8 0 0 8 5 30 -28 16
12 Chertanovo M. 2 23 3 4 16 25 49 11 2 1 8 15 27 12 1 3 8 10 22 -24 13
13 CRFSO Smolensk 18 3 1 14 10 47 8 2 1 5 5 18 10 1 0 9 5 29 -37 10

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