It's early days in the Pfl and both Volna Kovernino and Lada SOK are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Volna Kovernino form and stats
Volna Kovernino have played 1 Pfl games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Kovernino are returning here after visiting Krylya Sovetov Samara II in a Pfl game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. N. Kozlovskiy scored the goal(s). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Russian Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Volga Ulyanovsk (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Volna Kovernino at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Lada SOK form and stats
No Pfl points yet away for Lada SOK, from their first 2 matches. Lada has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Lada, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus KAMAZ (placed 1st). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Zenit Izhevsk.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against KAMAZ was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
It's early days yet, but Lada SOK has scored 2 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Khramov 2 goals |  A. Frolov 1 goals | N. Kozlovskiy 1 goals |
Volna Kovernino missing players
Lada SOK missing players
| Volna Kovernino | Lada SOK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 10.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.2 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 42 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 27% |