Fakel vs Orenburg match preview: Even contest expected at Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Central'nyi Stadion Profsoyuzov (32750 seats)

Fakel - Orenburg in Premier League: Stats, teams, results, trends and news. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
  • Orenburg have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premier League

Orenburg have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Fakel and Orenburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Fakel form and stats

Fakel have collected 14 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-8-2.

Fakel drew their last game, also a home match. Akhmat Grozny (placed 7th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Bozhin was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.82 out of 10. The defender Bozhin scored one goal and won 8 of 9 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Torpedo Moskva (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fakel have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Fakel in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Orenburg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Orenburg so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose).

Orenburg failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-4. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. The attacker Vorobyev got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Vorobyev scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Rostov.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 13 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

The visiting Orenburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Orenburg's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 30 goals in 11 travels.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the result Orenburg - Fakel 4-1 logged in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Fakel victories, zero draws and four Orenburg wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FakelG. Gongadze
G. Gongadze
6 goals
OrenburgD. Vorobyev
D. Vorobyev
6 goals

Fakel missing players

Orenburg missing players

Fakel Orenburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 3 11 23
2 2 2 Won W 1 2 10
12 8 2 Drew D 1 1 3
9 2 0 Lost L 1 8 10
28 18 9 Scored S 3 13 44
42 18 4 Conceded C 3 30 47
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
91% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
48% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 74%
39% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 55% 61%
26% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 36% 39%
70% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 65%
17% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 22%
22% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 13%
 
4 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.6 5.7
5 4.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 4.7
2.5 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3.2 2.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12 13.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 12.5 16.7
4.3 4.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.8 6.3
28% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 25% 30%
 
14.8 12.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 17.2 14.6
5 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Orenburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
  • Orenburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Orenburg have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
  • Orenburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 17 4 2 57 11 11 10 0 1 39 6 12 7 4 1 18 5 46 55
2 Rostov 23 13 7 3 40 30 13 8 3 2 22 16 10 5 4 1 18 14 10 46
3 Spartak Moskva 23 13 6 4 50 28 11 7 3 1 28 12 12 6 3 3 22 16 22 45
4 CSKA Moskva 23 13 5 5 42 21 11 8 2 1 28 8 12 5 3 4 14 13 21 44
5 Dinamo Moskva 23 11 6 6 42 30 12 8 2 2 23 11 11 3 4 4 19 19 12 39
6 Krasnodar 23 11 5 7 49 36 11 6 2 3 23 16 12 5 3 4 26 20 13 38
7 Akhmat Grozny 23 11 4 8 34 30 11 5 2 4 14 12 12 6 2 4 20 18 4 37
8 Orenburg 23 10 3 10 44 47 12 8 2 2 31 17 11 2 1 8 13 30 -3 33
9 Sochi 23 9 4 10 32 43 12 6 3 3 21 16 11 3 1 7 11 27 -11 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 8 4 11 36 40 11 2 3 6 18 21 12 6 1 5 18 19 -4 28
11 Krylya Sovetov 23 6 7 10 23 33 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 4 2 6 15 22 -10 25
12 Ural 23 7 4 12 25 37 12 4 1 7 13 19 11 3 3 5 12 18 -12 25
13 Olimpiyets 23 5 4 14 25 47 11 2 2 7 14 27 12 3 2 7 11 20 -22 19
14 Fakel 23 2 12 9 28 42 12 2 8 2 18 18 11 0 4 7 10 24 -14 18
15 Khimki 23 3 5 15 19 50 11 2 3 6 8 18 12 1 2 9 11 32 -31 14
16 Torpedo Moskva 23 3 4 16 16 37 12 2 1 9 7 19 11 1 3 7 9 18 -21 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.