Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Zvezda Perm welcomes Chelyabinsk

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Russia Pfl
Date: Tue 16.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Zvezda (17000 seats)

It's ground zero in Pfl - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!

It's no vacation for neither Zvezda Perm nor Chelyabinsk as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

D W L L D

Zvezda Perm form and stats

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Zvezda Perm matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from one game).

Last season, Zvezda Perm's league statistics were 8 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Pfl. Over these 22 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Zvezda Perm managed 6-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 7 conceded.

D L L W D

Chelyabinsk form and stats

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Chelyabinsk when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

It's a day of discovery for Chelyabinsk as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Chelyabinsk have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Chelyabinsk has scored 0 goals and conceded 1 time.

Let's have a look at how Chelyabinsk performed last season in the Pfl: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 14/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Zvezda Perm - Chelyabinsk 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Zvezda Perm 1 win, 1 draw and Chelyabinsk 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Zvezda Perm missing players

Chelyabinsk missing players

Zvezda Perm Chelyabinsk
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Zvezda Perm Last season Chelyabinsk
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
25 12   Played   12 24
10 7   Won   2 7
7 5   Drew   5 7
8 0   Lost   5 10
39 24   Scored   15 29
34 8   Conceded   16 24
84% 67%   Over 0.5   100% 92%
68% 67%   Over 1.5   75% 62%
52% 50%   Over 2.5   33% 38%
36% 25%   Over 3.5   17% 12%
28% 25%   Over 4.5   17% 8%
56% 58%   BTTS   75% 50%
24% 42%   Clean Sheets   8% 29%
36% 33%   Failed To Score   17% 29%
 
4.8 4.5   Corners For (avg)   5.2 5.3
5.1 5.4   Corners Against (avg)   5.8 4.5
2.6 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.2 2.1
1 0   Red Cards   3 4
Key stats last season:
  • Chelyabinsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zvezda Perm have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zvezda Perm have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Zvezda Perm
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
21-04-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 0 - 0 Neftekhimik
28-04-19 PFL Nosta 3 - 3 Zvezda Perm
05-05-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 2 - 1 Lada Tolyatti
11-05-19 PFL Neftekhimik 1 - 0 Zvezda Perm
16-05-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 0 - 0 KAMAZ
23-05-19 PFL Volga Ulyanovsk 1 - 0 Zvezda Perm
29-05-19 PFL Nosta 3 - 2 Zvezda Perm
04-06-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 5 - 1 Syzran-2003
16-07-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 1 - 1 Chelyabinsk
24-07-19 PFL Akron - Zvezda Perm
Chelyabinsk
All Pfl Russian Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
22-04-19 PFL Volga Ulyanovsk 1 - 0 Chelyabinsk
28-04-19 PFL Chelyabinsk 3 - 0 Syzran-2003
05-05-19 PFL Ural 2 1 - 1 Chelyabinsk
11-05-19 PFL Chelyabinsk 4 - 0 Lada Tolyatti
16-05-19 PFL Ufa 2 1 - 1 Chelyabinsk
23-05-19 PFL Chelyabinsk 1 - 0 Ural 2
29-05-19 PFL Zenit Izhevsk 4 - 3 Chelyabinsk
29-06-19 CF Chelyabinsk 0 - 1 Tyumen
16-07-19 PFL Zvezda Perm 1 - 1 Chelyabinsk
24-07-19 PFL Chelyabinsk - Ufa 2

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Neftekhimik 22 17 3 2 44 11 11 11 0 0 27 5 11 6 3 2 17 6 33 54
2 KAMAZ 23 11 6 6 38 25 12 7 2 3 27 13 11 4 4 3 11 12 13 39
3 Syzran-2003 22 11 2 9 26 27 12 7 1 4 17 12 10 4 1 5 9 15 -1 35
4 Nosta 23 10 4 9 34 39 11 5 2 4 15 18 12 5 2 5 19 21 -5 34
5 Zvezda Perm 22 8 7 7 34 28 11 6 5 0 22 7 11 2 2 7 12 21 6 31
6 Zenit Izhevsk 21 8 7 6 28 24 10 4 5 1 15 13 11 4 2 5 13 11 4 31
7 Volga Ulyanovsk 23 9 4 10 23 24 11 6 2 3 13 9 12 3 2 7 10 15 -1 31
8 Chelyabinsk 22 7 6 9 27 21 11 5 2 4 13 6 11 2 4 5 14 15 6 27
9 Ural 2 22 6 6 10 34 35 11 6 2 3 25 13 11 0 4 7 9 22 -1 24
10 Ufa 2 22 4 6 12 22 38 11 2 3 6 9 18 11 2 3 6 13 20 -16 18
11 Lada Tolyatti 22 3 5 14 15 53 11 2 4 5 8 20 11 1 1 9 7 33 -38 14

Editor’s Pick

More from Russia - Pfl