Khimki - Fakel: Premier League cellar sides desperate for points and praise. Read all the interesting stats and news before the game!
- Khimki is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Khimki form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Khimki are certainly not brimming with confidence.
No payout for Khimki in their previous match, an away game at Ural that ended in defeat 1-2. Magomedov (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Magomedov hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to CSKA Moskva (1-2).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 Khimki have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Lots of goals and action? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Khimki as they are travelling to their away game against Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-3-3 (6 played).
There were no winners in Fakel's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Zenit (placed 1st). Bozhin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Bozhin won 8 of 10 duels.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Torpedo Moskva.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Fakel in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Fakel, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches.
After this away game Fakel return home for a Russian Cup game against Spartak Moskva. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Fakel find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Fakel have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Khimki victories, four draws and three Fakel wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dolgov 4 goals |  M. Maksimov 3 goals | G. Gongadze 3 goals |
Khimki missing players
Fakel missing players
| Khimki | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 42% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.5 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | 28% |
| 14.1 | 12.2 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 16.2 | 16.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
- All of Fakel's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 (20) in Premier League
- Fakel have yet to win a game away.
- Fakel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier League
- Khimki have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Khimki is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 30 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Rostov | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Sochi | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Fakel | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 5 |
