Premier League: Tipsway are looking at an engrossing and vital game involving FK Nizjni Novgorod and Fakel at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod. They both need three points!
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have yet to win a game at home.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FK Nizjni Novgorod and Fakel.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
Three Premier League home games done for FK Nizjni Novgorod, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
Novgorod's previous fixture was a Russian Cup game also played at their home, ending 2-0 vs Lokomotiv Moskva. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, FK Nizjni Novgorod drew at home versus Dinamo Moskva.This is expected to be a close game, with Novgorod perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FK Nizjni Novgorod as a small favourite), we find 8 games. FK Nizjni Novgorod has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
FK Nizjni Novgorod can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Novgorod have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.
Fakel form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two away games in a row for Fakel, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Zenit in the Russian Cup.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Spartak Moskva.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Fakel in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Fakel, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Fakel have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. For Fakel, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: six - zero - three (FK Nizjni Novgorod wins - draws - Fakel wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Suleymanov 3 goals | I. Yoldoshev 2 goals | N. Kalinsky 2 goals |
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
Fakel missing players
| FK Nizjni Novgorod | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 16.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12.7 |
| 3.6 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 17.1 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17.2 | 17.4 |
| 5.1 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
- All of FK Nizjni Novgorod's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Fakel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have yet to win a game at home.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fakel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- Fakel have yet to win a game.
- Fakel 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sochi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Khimki | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 1 |
