Pre-match info: 29 points are between the participants before this game, Volga Ulyanovsk having done best. Can Zenit Izhevsk pull off a surprise?
- Zenit Izhevsk have the fewest scored goals (4) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pfl
This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of action and energy as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
15 - 4 - 6 with 37-22. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Volga Ulyanovsk when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Volga Ulyanovsk play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Zenit Izhevsk form and stats
With 0 Pfl wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Zenit Izhevsk are certainly not brimming with confidence. Zero (!) Pfl points is the sad result after 6 matches here. Can it change today? The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.
Izhevsk haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 498 minutes ago. R. Simonov scored that one.
The Izhevsk fans got no joy from their last match, a Pfl game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Torpedo Miass (placed 12th).
Preceding that match was the home game against Tyumen that was lost 0-4.The lack of attacking qualities in Zenit Izhevsk means that they have only scored 1 goal in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Izhevsk with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Volga Ulyanovsk form and stats
Playing away, Volga Ulyanovsk, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pfl, have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Pfl this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Zenit Izhevsk.
Ulyanovsk go into this game after a win, the home game against Irtysh that ended 6-1. As mentioned above, Ulyanovsk was the only team on the pitch versus Irtysh in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Ulyanovsk secured a home win against Dinamo Barnaul with the score 2-0.The Ulyanovsk manager R. Aitov has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. Ulyanovsk are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Izhevsk victories, one draw and five Volga Ulyanovsk wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Geryugov 8 goals | I. Belyakov 7 goals |   K. Myrzakov 2 goals |
Zenit Izhevsk missing players
Volga Ulyanovsk missing players
| Zenit Izhevsk | Volga Ulyanovsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 36% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 7.7 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.5 | 13.8 | 15.3 |
| 3.4 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | 29% |
- Volga Ulyanovsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Volga Ulyanovsk have scored more than double the goals of Zenit Izhevsk.
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk have the the best goal difference (+20) in Pfl
- Volga Ulyanovsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Volga Ulyanovsk is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Zenit Izhevsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zenit Izhevsk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Zenit Izhevsk have lost all their matches so far.
- Zenit Izhevsk have the fewest points (0) at home in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk have the fewest scored goals (4) in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in Pfl
- Zenit Izhevsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit Izhevsk is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Chelyabinsk | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | Tyumen | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Amkar Perm' | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Novosibirsk | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Irtysh | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 7 | Ural 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Dinamo Barnaul | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Zvezda Perm | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Spartak Tuymazy | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Orenburg II | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Torpedo Miass | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Lada Tolyatti | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 14 | Nosta | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 5 |
| 15 | Zenit Izhevsk | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -19 | 0 |