Premier League game preview: Fakel vs FK Nizjni Novgorod

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov (32750 seats)

This looks to be another engaging meeting at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov in the Premier League. Fakel is in 16th position and welcome FK Nizjni Novgorod in 10th spot. Read about the game here!

Insights:
  • Fakel have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Fakel form and stats

Fakel's first Premier League home game here at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.

No payout for Fakel in their previous match, an away game at Zenit that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that one, a strong away victory at CSKA Moskva. A Russian Cup match.

At Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov, Fakel has the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Premier League for FK Nizjni Novgorod with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Novgorod are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Akhmat Grozny (placed 11th). That victory felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Defender Gotsuk was the best team player with a rating of 7.73. Gotsuk won 9 of 10 duels.

A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Spartak Moskva, before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FK Nizjni Novgorod has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Fakel-FK Nizjni Novgorod H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fakel four wins, FK Nizjni Novgorod six wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FakelE. Markov
E. Markov
2 goals
FakelV. Yakimov
V. Yakimov
1 goals
FK Nizjni NovgorodT. Suleymanov
T. Suleymanov
1 goals

Fakel missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Fakel FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 2
10 4 4 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
4.5 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 1.5
4.8 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 7.2
3.2 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 1.8
23% 17% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
12.2 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 8.8
4.8 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Premier League
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have the fewest scored goals (2) in Premier League
  • Fakel have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Premier League
  • Fakel is in the worst form (0-0-4)
Fakel Last season FK Nizjni Novgorod
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
6 4   Won W   3 8
12 8   Drew D   3 6
12 3   Lost L   9 16
36 22   Scored S   11 33
48 22   Conceded C   22 50
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
83% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 77%
43% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 63%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 33%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
60% 67%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 23%
23% 13%   Failed to Score F T   40% 40%
 
3.8 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.8
5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.1
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.8
3 2   Red cards R C   3 6
 
11.1 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.4
3.9 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 30%
 
14.2 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.4 13.6
4.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 4 4 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 7 12
2 Ural 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 CSKA Moskva 4 3 0 1 11 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 5 9
4 Spartak Moskva 4 3 0 1 11 7 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 6 4 4 9
5 Krylya Sovetov 4 2 2 0 11 6 2 1 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 8
6 Zenit 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
7 Dinamo Moskva 4 2 1 1 9 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 7
8 Rostov 4 2 1 1 7 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 7
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 5
10 FK Nizjni Novgorod 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 4
11 Akhmat Grozny 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
12 Sochi 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 3
13 Baltika 4 1 0 3 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 3
14 Rubin Kazan 4 0 2 2 4 10 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -6 2
15 Orenburg 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 1
16 Fakel 4 0 0 4 3 10 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 -7 0
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 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 FK Nizjni Novgorod 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.