Premier League news and pre-match guide: Krasnodar moderate expected to top Fakel

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Krasnodar (35074 seats)

It's clean hands in Premier League - the first fixture of the season. Read our full article and see how Krasnodar and Fakel did in their pre-season friendly games!

These teams have little in common geographically as Fakel have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Krasnodar form and stats

In the previous season, Krasnodar's league stats were 14 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, producing 5th position in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 30. Appearing at home in the last season Krasnodar managed 8-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 13 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Krasnodar, who have participated in four training matches. Krasnodar have won 3 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Fakel form and stats

A job perfectly done for Fakel last season as they secured promotion from FNL. With a grand total of 23 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.

Fakel played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these six matches Fakel scored 11 and conceded 10 goals.

Head 2 Head

Krasnodar missing players

Fakel missing players

Krasnodar Fakel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Krasnodar Last season Fakel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   19 38
14 8   Won W   9 23
8 3   Drew D   2 5
8 4   Lost L   8 10
42 19   Scored S   31 60
30 13   Conceded C   23 33
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
70% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 66%
43% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 50%
17% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
13% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 34%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 47%
23% 27%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
4.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 4
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.9
8 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
15 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 11.3
5 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.5
28% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 38%
 
12.9 13.7   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 7.8
4.4 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FK Nizjni Novgorod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 30 19 8 3 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Torpedo Moskva 38 20 15 3 65 36 19 10 9 0 36 15 19 10 6 3 29 21 29 75
2 Orenburg 38 23 5 10 64 37 19 14 2 3 32 14 19 9 3 7 32 23 27 74
3 Fakel 38 23 5 10 60 33 19 14 3 2 29 10 19 9 2 8 31 23 27 74
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 SKA Khabarovsk 38 19 8 11 48 38 19 14 1 4 31 16 19 5 7 7 17 22 10 65
5 Yenisey 38 19 6 13 58 55 19 11 4 4 32 22 19 8 2 9 26 33 3 63
6 Spartak Vladikavkaz 38 17 9 12 75 53 19 12 1 6 41 23 19 5 8 6 34 30 22 60
7 Baltika 38 14 16 8 51 30 19 7 8 4 21 12 19 7 8 4 30 18 21 58
8 Neftekhimik 38 17 7 14 60 43 19 9 4 6 34 19 19 8 3 8 26 24 17 58
9 Akron 38 16 10 12 47 40 19 11 4 4 27 17 19 5 6 8 20 23 7 58
10 Spartak Moskva II 38 18 4 16 48 55 19 8 4 7 24 24 19 10 0 9 24 31 -7 58
11 Krasnodar II 38 15 8 15 45 45 19 10 4 5 33 21 19 5 4 10 12 24 0 53
12 Urozhay 38 13 10 15 45 48 19 6 4 9 20 31 19 7 6 6 25 17 -3 49
13 Veles 38 14 6 18 45 48 19 8 4 7 26 28 19 6 2 11 19 20 -3 48
14 Tom' Tomsk 38 13 9 16 51 60 19 9 5 5 24 23 19 4 4 11 27 37 -9 48
15 Dolgie Prudy 38 9 14 15 35 47 19 6 7 6 19 24 19 3 7 9 16 23 -12 41
16 Volgar Astrakhan 38 10 9 19 30 43 19 4 6 9 14 23 19 6 3 10 16 20 -13 39
17 KAMAZ 38 8 13 17 29 45 19 6 6 7 20 21 19 2 7 10 9 24 -16 37
18 Rotor Volgograd 38 8 12 18 37 53 19 2 7 10 14 30 19 6 5 8 23 23 -16 36
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 38 9 6 23 31 70 19 4 4 11 13 29 19 5 2 12 18 41 -39 33
20 Tekstilshchik 38 5 8 25 31 76 19 5 3 11 24 39 19 0 5 14 7 37 -45 23

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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.