Evenly matched teams: SKA Khabarovsk vs Khimki match preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League Play-offs
Competition: Wed 25.May
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion imeni V.I. Lenina (15200 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new season for SKA Khabarovsk and Khimki. The leaf is blank, the potential endless.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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SKA Khabarovsk form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for SKA Khabarovsk as they were promoted from FNL last season. Happy days that were secured through 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses from 38 games. The team scored 31 goals at home last season and conceded 16. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with SKA Khabarovsk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Khabarovsk as a small favourite), we find 4 games. SKA Khabarovsk has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for SKA Khabarovsk after this match as they are travelling to Khimki for a Premier League Play-offs game in only three days.

SKA Khabarovsk have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 4 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, SKA Khabarovsk have scored 9 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Khimki form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Khimki as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 30 games, relegation was a fact. Khimki's manager Yuran are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Khimki playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Khimki wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SKA Khabarovsk in just three days.

It's a day of discovery for Khimki 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 Khimki have played ten with the results W3-D3-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Khimki has scored 11 goals and conceded 20 times.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero SKA Khabarovsk victories, four draws and one Khimki win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SKA KhabarovskD. Karaev
D. Karaev
14 goals
KhabarovskG. Gongadze
G. Gongadze
10 goals
KhimkiD. Glushakov
D. Glushakov
10 goals

SKA Khabarovsk missing players

Khimki missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SKA Khabarovsk Khimki
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SKA Khabarovsk Last season Khimki
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   15 30
19 14   Won W   3 7
8 1   Drew D   3 11
11 4   Lost L   9 12
48 31   Scored S   13 34
38 16   Conceded C   28 47
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 80%
63% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 70%
37% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 53%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 33%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 27%
39% 26%   BTTS BTTS   47% 57%
39% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 30%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   40% 33%
 
4.9 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.4
4.2 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.5
2.6 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
7 5   Red cards R C   1 6
 
9.6 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 10.8
3.7 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
8.2 6.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.5
3.3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 6.2

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Torpedo Moskva 38 20 15 3 65 36 19 10 9 0 36 15 19 10 6 3 29 21 29 75
2 Orenburg 38 23 5 10 64 37 19 14 2 3 32 14 19 9 3 7 32 23 27 74
3 Fakel 38 23 5 10 60 33 19 14 3 2 29 10 19 9 2 8 31 23 27 74
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 SKA Khabarovsk 38 19 8 11 48 38 19 14 1 4 31 16 19 5 7 7 17 22 10 65
5 Yenisey 38 19 6 13 58 55 19 11 4 4 32 22 19 8 2 9 26 33 3 63
6 Spartak Vladikavkaz 38 17 9 12 75 53 19 12 1 6 41 23 19 5 8 6 34 30 22 60
7 Baltika 38 14 16 8 51 30 19 7 8 4 21 12 19 7 8 4 30 18 21 58
8 Neftekhimik 38 17 7 14 60 43 19 9 4 6 34 19 19 8 3 8 26 24 17 58
9 Akron 38 16 10 12 47 40 19 11 4 4 27 17 19 5 6 8 20 23 7 58
10 Spartak Moskva II 38 18 4 16 48 55 19 8 4 7 24 24 19 10 0 9 24 31 -7 58
11 Krasnodar II 38 15 8 15 45 45 19 10 4 5 33 21 19 5 4 10 12 24 0 53
12 Urozhay 38 13 10 15 45 48 19 6 4 9 20 31 19 7 6 6 25 17 -3 49
13 Veles 38 14 6 18 45 48 19 8 4 7 26 28 19 6 2 11 19 20 -3 48
14 Tom' Tomsk 38 13 9 16 51 60 19 9 5 5 24 23 19 4 4 11 27 37 -9 48
15 Dolgie Prudy 38 9 14 15 35 47 19 6 7 6 19 24 19 3 7 9 16 23 -12 41
16 Volgar Astrakhan 38 10 9 19 30 43 19 4 6 9 14 23 19 6 3 10 16 20 -13 39
17 KAMAZ 38 8 13 17 29 45 19 6 6 7 20 21 19 2 7 10 9 24 -16 37
18 Rotor Volgograd 38 8 12 18 37 53 19 2 7 10 14 30 19 6 5 8 23 23 -16 36
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 38 9 6 23 31 70 19 4 4 11 13 29 19 5 2 12 18 41 -39 33
20 Tekstilshchik 38 5 8 25 31 76 19 5 3 11 24 39 19 0 5 14 7 37 -45 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zenit 30 19 8 3 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

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