The path has mostly gone uphill for Fakel so far, and the same description fits FK Nizjni Novgorod. These students from the school of hard knocks would trade their mothers for some important points here.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Fakel form and stats
2-8-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Fakel so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ilya Svinov not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.
Fakel enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rostov's place. The match ended 2-0 with Appaev and Akbashev scoring. Bozhin, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Bozhin won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Dinamo Moskva.Fakel has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Fakel have conceded 21 from these games. Fakel has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
There's been little loot from FK Nizjni Novgorod's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. FK Nizjni Novgorod only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of FK Nizjni Novgorod, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Novgorod are looking to quickly end their 197 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
FK Nizjni Novgorod's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ural that finished 0-0. Defender Masoero was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Masoero won 4 of 5 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Orenburg wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The attacking power of FK Nizjni Novgorod when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Novgorod have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Fakel and FK Nizjni Novgorod have duelled already this season: FK Nizjni Novgorod - Fakel 3-1. Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fakel won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and FK Nizjni Novgorod managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Suleymanov 10 goals |  G. Gongadze 9 goals | R. Akbashev 4 goals |
Fakel missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Fakel | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 45 | 21 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 49 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 81% |
| 46% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 65% | 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 54% |
| 23% | 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 15% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 38% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11.5 | 13.3 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 8.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 30% | 33% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 30% |
| 14.9 | 13.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 16.5 | 14.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Rostov | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 50 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 49 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 42 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 33 | -1 | 39 |
| 9 | Sochi | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 34 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Ural | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 27 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -16 | 25 |
| 13 | Fakel | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 23 |
| 15 | Khimki | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 37 | -34 | 17 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -29 | 13 |
