The Volga Ulyanovsk & Novosibirsk managers R. Aitov and S. Kirsanov are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pfl league table.
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 Ulyanovsk and Novosibirsk.
Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Volga Ulyanovsk, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pfl, have to build on here at Stadion Trud in the Pfl.
Volga Ulyanovsk's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Dinamo Barnaul (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, Ulyanovsk lost 2-4 at home to Veles.
The Volga Ulyanovsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Volga Ulyanovsk have only let in 1 goal at home.
Novosibirsk form and stats
The strength of Novosibirsk, who have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Pfl, on their travels this season is incredible with 16 points collected from 6 Pfl away games. Novosibirsk has 5-1-0 on the road, with 11 goals scored and 2 conceded. Novosibirsk has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The Novosibirsk goalkeeper Nikolay Tsygan is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 238 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Novosibirsk play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Volna Kovernino (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Dinamo Barnaul with the score of 3-0.
I. Skuchenko came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Volna Kovernino last time out, making the manager S. Kirsanov feel like a tactical genius.
Novosibirsk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Novosibirsk's manager S. Kirsanov has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Zhitnev 4 goals | D. Bakai 3 goals |  D. Rakhmanov 2 goals |
Volga Ulyanovsk missing players
Novosibirsk missing players
| Volga Ulyanovsk | Novosibirsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 25% | 25% | 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 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 | 37 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 46 | 90 |
| 35 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 18 | 31 |
| 26% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 39% |
- Novosibirsk has the the best goal difference (+9) away in Pfl
- Novosibirsk have not yet lost a game.
- Novosibirsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Novosibirsk have scored at least twice as many goals away as Volga Ulyanovsk have scored home.
- Novosibirsk have scored in all their matches so far.
- Novosibirsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Volga Ulyanovsk has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk has the most clean sheets (6) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Volga Ulyanovsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novosibirsk | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Tyumen | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | KAMAZ | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 19 |
| 4 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Volna Kovernino | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Dinamo Barnaul | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Ural 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Zvezda Perm | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Chelyabinsk | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Lada SOK | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Nosta | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Zenit Izhevsk | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov Samara II | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 14 | Orenburg II | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -14 | 4 |
| 15 | Lada Tolyatti | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -23 | 3 |