Game preview for Pfl: Volga Ulyanovsk - Tyumen

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

A highly important game in Pfl as both squads are battling for the top positions. With Volga Ulyanovsk in 1st place and Tyumen located at 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Pfl
  • Tyumen have the most scored goals (45) in Pfl

Both sides have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!

Ulyanovsk's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Tyumen have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Tyumen when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses from 15 matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 15.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats

Home games in the Pfl have been a walk in the park for Volga Ulyanovsk so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. After failing to beat Orenburg II here, Ulyanovsk has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Volga Ulyanovsk, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the Pfl.

Happy days for Ulyanovsk in their previous game, a Pfl match away at Spartak Tuymazy (placed 10th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. As mentioned above, Volga Ulyanovsk "killed" Spartak Tuymazy in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that, Ulyanovsk had a home game versus Spartak Tuymazy which ended with a victory 1-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pfl game versus Zenit Izhevsk in only four days. This game is also played here.

Ulyanovsk can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ulyanovsk have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Tyumen form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Pfl.

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. Tyumen goalkeeper Stanislav Antipin is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from A. Ryabokobylenko, D. Krivoruchko (2), V. Tyurin, A. Maleev, D. Karpov and M. Kazankov secured the home win 7-0 against Lada Tolyatti in their previous game. As mentioned above, Tyumen was the only team on the pitch versus Lada Tolyatti in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lada Tolyatti at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Tyumen have another match away in just four sleeps, a Pfl game versus Chelyabinsk. A rough calendar for the guests!

Tyumen create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 20 goals in 8 travels. 10 goals have been conceded by Tyumen in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ulyanovsk and Tyumen have met previously this season: Tyumen - Volga Ulyanovsk 1-3. Data for the preceeding five meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Ulyanovsk, zero draws and two wins for Tyumen. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

TyumenD. Karpov
D. Karpov
11 goals
Volga UlyanovskA. Geryugov
A. Geryugov
9 goals
UlyanovskI. Belyakov
I. Belyakov
7 goals

Volga Ulyanovsk missing players

Tyumen missing players

Volga Ulyanovsk Tyumen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 1 8 15
12 6 0 Won W 0 5 10
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
36 17 0 Scored S 1 20 45
8 4 0 Conceded C 1 10 21
94% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 93%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 73%
31% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 47%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 33%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 53%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 33%
12% 12% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 13%
 
6.5 7.4 12 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 7.4
3.7 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.9 3.9
1.8 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.1 16.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5 11.3 11.5
7.1 7.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.4 6.4
29% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 47% 48%
Key stats in Pfl this season:
  • Tyumen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tyumen have the most scored goals (20) away in Pfl
  • Tyumen have the most scored goals (45) in Pfl
  • Tyumen have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Pfl
  • Tyumen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the most points (20) at home in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have the the best goal difference (+28) in Pfl
  • Volga Ulyanovsk have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Volga Ulyanovsk is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Volga Ulyanovsk 16 12 3 1 36 8 8 6 2 0 17 4 8 6 1 1 19 4 28 39
2 Chelyabinsk 15 11 1 3 28 13 8 6 0 2 16 7 7 5 1 1 12 6 15 34
3 Tyumen 15 10 2 3 45 21 7 5 0 2 25 11 8 5 2 1 20 10 24 32
4 Novosibirsk 15 8 3 4 18 12 5 3 0 2 7 5 10 5 3 2 11 7 6 27
5 Amkar Perm' 15 8 2 5 21 15 6 3 1 2 10 4 9 5 1 3 11 11 6 26
6 Ural 2 15 7 2 6 28 23 7 4 2 1 17 11 8 3 0 5 11 12 5 23
7 Zvezda Perm 15 7 2 6 23 19 7 5 1 1 12 4 8 2 1 5 11 15 4 23
8 Irtysh 15 6 4 5 24 27 7 5 0 2 13 9 8 1 4 3 11 18 -3 22
9 Dinamo Barnaul 15 5 2 8 17 19 9 3 2 4 11 9 6 2 0 4 6 10 -2 17
10 Spartak Tuymazy 15 6 2 7 26 30 7 3 1 3 16 16 8 3 1 4 10 14 -4 17
11 Torpedo Miass 15 5 2 8 15 22 6 2 1 3 5 7 9 3 1 5 10 15 -7 17
12 Orenburg II 15 3 7 5 18 24 9 2 4 3 14 16 6 1 3 2 4 8 -6 16
13 Nosta 15 3 2 10 13 27 10 3 1 6 9 17 5 0 1 4 4 10 -14 11
14 Lada Tolyatti 15 2 3 10 13 45 8 2 3 3 7 14 7 0 0 7 6 31 -32 6
15 Zenit Izhevsk 15 0 3 12 8 28 9 0 2 7 3 17 6 0 1 5 5 11 -20 3

Read more about Pfl

The Professional Football League (PFL) is the third level of Russian football. It is divided into five divisions (or zones) based on the team’s location. The divisions have a varying number of teams, in total about 60. The top team of each league table is promoted while the bottom team is relegated.