Zenit Irkutsk vs Sakhalin: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Russia Pfl
Date: Thu 10.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Struggling Zenit Irkutsk will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sakhalin in the upcoming league round. It’s 6th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

Sakhalin play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Sakhalin when playing on artificial turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from five matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 3 times in these games.

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Zenit Irkutsk form and stats

Zenit Irkutsk, who have the fewest scored goals (3) in Pfl, have played 5 Pfl games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-4 (wins-draws-losses). Problems are piling up for Zenit Irkutsk as they are struggling in their away games as well, taking their total losing streak to a running total of eight games. This streak could be one for the history books. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Zenit Irkutsk as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Zenit Irkutsk lost their last game at Sakhalin (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Novosibirsk.

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

Zenit Irkutsk have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Zenit Irkutsk have conceded 7 goals.

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Sakhalin form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Pfl, on their Pfl travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Sakhalin won their last game, 2-0 versus Zenit Irkutsk played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Chita.

The schedule is very tough for Sakhalin now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pfl game at Chita is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sakhalin have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sakhalin - Zenit Irkutsk 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Zenit Irkutsk 0 wins, 1 draw and Sakhalin 8 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Esikov
6 goals

Zenit Irkutsk missing players

Sakhalin missing players

Zenit Irkutsk Sakhalin
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
3 3 1 Scored S 1 3 12
16 7 3 Conceded C 0 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
60% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 70%
20% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 40%
10% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 40%
80% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 20%
 
6.5 7.4 8 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.6 5.7
5 4.4 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 4.6 5.7
1.9 2.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.2
3 3 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Sakhalin have scored more than double the goals of Zenit Irkutsk.
  • Zenit Irkutsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zenit Irkutsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Zenit Irkutsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zenit Irkutsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Zenit Irkutsk
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-09-19 PFL Chita 1 - 0 Zenit Irkutsk
17-09-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk 0 - 1 Dinamo Barnaul
20-09-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk 1 - 3 Irtysh
29-09-19 PFL Novosibirsk 2 - 0 Zenit Irkutsk
02-10-19 PFL Sakhalin 2 - 0 Zenit Irkutsk
10-10-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk 00:00 Sakhalin
13-10-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk - Novosibirsk
12-04-20 PFL Irtysh - Zenit Irkutsk
15-04-20 PFL Dinamo Barnaul - Zenit Irkutsk
26-04-20 PFL Zenit Irkutsk - Chita
Sakhalin
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-09-19 PFL Sakhalin 2 - 1 Dinamo Barnaul
09-09-19 PFL Sakhalin 1 - 3 Irtysh
20-09-19 PFL Sakhalin 3 - 2 Novosibirsk
29-09-19 PFL Sakhalin 1 - 1 Chita
02-10-19 PFL Sakhalin 2 - 0 Zenit Irkutsk
10-10-19 PFL Zenit Irkutsk 00:00 Sakhalin
13-10-19 PFL Chita 06:00 Sakhalin
15-04-20 PFL Sakhalin - Novosibirsk
23-04-20 PFL Sakhalin - Irtysh
26-04-20 PFL Sakhalin - Dinamo Barnaul

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Irtysh 10 8 2 0 18 4 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 4 1 0 9 3 14 26
2 Sakhalin 10 5 2 3 12 12 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 2 1 2 3 5 0 17
3 Chita 10 4 2 4 10 8 5 3 1 1 8 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 14
4 Novosibirsk 10 4 2 4 15 14 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 1 1 3 8 11 1 14
5 Dinamo Barnaul 10 3 2 5 8 12 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 3 8 -4 11
6 Zenit Irkutsk 10 1 0 9 3 16 5 1 0 4 3 7 5 0 0 5 0 9 -13 3

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