Soccer betting preview: FK Nizjni Novgorod welcomes Orenburg in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Nizhny Novgorod (17800 seats)

FK Nizjni Novgorod have 11 points performing as the home team. Orenburg have gained 8 points from their away games. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orenburg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Premier League

Orenburg have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

The visiting Orenburg played their last game only three days ago, a Russian Cup match.

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FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, FK Nizjni Novgorod have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. FK Nizjni Novgorod are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Novgorod's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 versus Spartak Moskva (in Russian Cup).

Before that, FK Nizjni Novgorod played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Dinamo Moskva.

FK Nizjni Novgorod are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. FK Nizjni Novgorod are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Orenburg form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

221 minutes! That's how long the Orenburg goalkeeper Nikolay Sysuev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Orenburg's previous match versus Fakel, a Russian Cup win (1-0) played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Lokomotiv Moskva.

Orenburg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Orenburg have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (5-1-0) when facing Novgorod.

Top Goalscorers

FK Nizjni NovgorodN. Kalinsky
N. Kalinsky
2 goals
FK Nizjni NovgorodE. Sevikyan
E. Sevikyan
2 goals
OrenburgD. Vorobyev
D. Vorobyev
2 goals

FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players

Orenburg missing players

FK Nizjni Novgorod Orenburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 3 4 8
3 3 2 Won W 1 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 2 4
6 5 3 Scored S 4 5 9
7 3 1 Conceded C 7 8 13
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
12% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 12%
25% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 38%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 25%
50% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 38%
 
2.5 2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 5.5
6.8 6.8 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5
1.6 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.6 8.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.5 12.8
2.8 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4
27% 45% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 28%
 
12 13.8 17 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 14.5 12.2
2.4 2.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Orenburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • FK Nizjni Novgorod haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Orenburg have created more than twice as many corners as FK Nizjni Novgorod.
  • Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orenburg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) 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 Krasnodar 8 5 3 0 12 3 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 6 2 9 18
2 Zenit 8 5 2 1 18 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 5 3 2 0 10 3 12 17
3 Krylya Sovetov 8 4 3 1 19 11 4 3 1 0 13 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 8 15
4 Dinamo Moskva 8 4 3 1 16 13 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 2 2 0 10 8 3 15
5 Ural 8 4 2 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 0 1 3 4 0 14
6 Spartak Moskva 8 4 1 3 13 12 5 3 1 1 7 6 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 13
7 CSKA Moskva 8 3 3 2 16 12 4 2 2 0 10 5 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 12
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 8 3 3 2 13 13 4 1 2 1 6 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 0 12
9 Akhmat Grozny 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 1 1 2 8 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 11
10 FK Nizjni Novgorod 8 3 2 3 6 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 4 -1 11
11 Orenburg 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 5 8 -4 8
12 Rostov 8 2 2 4 10 16 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 0 1 3 3 12 -6 8
13 Sochi 8 2 0 6 8 12 4 2 0 2 7 3 4 0 0 4 1 9 -4 6
14 Rubin Kazan 8 1 3 4 9 18 5 1 2 2 6 11 3 0 1 2 3 7 -9 6
15 Fakel 8 1 2 5 5 13 3 1 1 1 3 4 5 0 1 4 2 9 -8 5
16 Baltika 8 1 1 6 8 15 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 5 4 11 -7 4

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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.