Znamya Noginsk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Sokol Saratov.
Znamya Noginsk and Sokol Saratov should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Znamya Noginsk form and stats
Znamya Noginsk have played three Pfl home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Noginsk, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Znamya Noginsk in their previous game, a Pfl match away at Metallurg Vidnoye (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. 0-0 away at Sakhalin before that.
Noginsk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Noginsk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sokol Saratov form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+14) in Pfl, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Pfl.
Sokol Saratov had fun at their own home last time out, beating Fakel II 1-0. I. Khleborodov scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Kaluga with the score of 2-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Sokol Saratov's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Saratov as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Khleborodov 6 goals |   R. Pavlyuchenko 3 goals | V. Pobedimov 2 goals |
Znamya Noginsk missing players
Sokol Saratov missing players
| Znamya Noginsk | Sokol Saratov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 22% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 67 | 125 |
| 33 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 59 |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 29% |
- All of Znamya Noginsk's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sokol Saratov has the most points (10) away in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov has the the best goal difference (+14) in Pfl
- Sokol Saratov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sokol Saratov have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sokol Saratov | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Salyut Belgorod | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Kvant | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | Kaluga | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Krasnyy-SGAFKST | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Ryazan | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Znamya Noginsk | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Khimki 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 12 |
| 12 | Strogino | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 13 | Avangard Kursk | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 | Metallurg Vidnoye | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | Sakhalin | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Fakel II | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 3 |