Premier League: Tipsway are looking at an engaging and vital battle involving Fakel and Khimki at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov. Both are in need of a good run!
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
Fakel form and stats
1-6-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Fakel so far this season. When Fakel hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Torpedo Moskva, Krylya Sovetov, Olimpiyets, Fakel and Lokomotiv Moskva), they have won 1 of 2 matches! So many draws at home for Fakel, an amazing four in a row now.
The regulars are hoping that Fakel will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Russian Cup fixture against Krylya Sovetov.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Krylya Sovetov in the Russian Cup. Everyone expects Fakel to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 18 games: 6 home wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. Fakel have won with at least two goals margin 1 time in similar situations.
Some goal stats: A review of the 17 most recent league games shows that 13 of them had goals from both teams.
Fakel have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov with 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fakel defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Khimki form and stats
Khimki have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-0-7 (8 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Khimki in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Torpedo Moskva.
Two away games in a row for Khimki, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 against Krasnodar in the Russian Cup.
A defeat, in the Russian Cup away at Krasnodar, earlier. Khimki are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 18 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 2 draws and 13 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The Khimki defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 25 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Khimki have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Fakel.The newest recorded scoreline featuring both these participants is the Khimki - Fakel 0-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Maksimov 4 goals | G. Gongadze 4 goals |  A. Dolgov 4 goals |
Fakel missing players
Khimki missing players
| Fakel | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 33 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 25 | 36 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 65% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 41% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 26% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 27% |
| 16.2 | 15.4 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 17.4 | 15.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Khimki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Premier League
- Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 42 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Rostov | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sochi | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Fakel | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | Khimki | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
