Premier League preview: Can Krylya Sovetov edge out victory against Fakel?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 19.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

Krylya Sovetov host Fakel for another exciting Premier League game here at Samara Arena.

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
  • Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active fixture!

D L D L W

Krylya Sovetov form and stats

The Premier League statistics at home this season for Krylya Sovetov are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Krylya Sovetov, facing Lokomotiv Moskva in a game that ended 1-1. The Krylya Sovetov goalkeeper Lomaev was crucial in the match against Lokomotiv Moskva last time out, making seven saves. Midfield player Sokolov got a match rating of 8.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Sokolov served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Dinamo Moskva (0-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sovetov matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Krylya Sovetov at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

D L D L D

Fakel form and stats

The Premier League season is young and Fakel have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Fakel has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Fakel's last game was the home draw against Ural (0-0). Midfield player Mendel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Mendel hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Fakel manager Vasilenko faced defeat when travelling to CSKA Moskva and losing 1-4.

Fakel have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Fakel concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Krylya Sovetov have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Fakel.

Top Goalscorers

Krylya SovetovM. Glushenkov
M. Glushenkov
3 goals
FakelR. Akbashev
R. Akbashev
2 goals
FakelG. Gongadze
G. Gongadze
2 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Fakel missing players

Krylya Sovetov Fakel
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 2 3 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
6 1 1 Scored S 3 4 7
9 3 1 Conceded C 4 8 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 40%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5 5.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.3 4
5.6 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.6
1.4 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.6 17.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 12 13.6
5.4 5.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.3 4.8
22% 9% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 29%
 
15.4 13 14 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.7 16.4
6.2 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.3 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Fakel's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Krylya Sovetov's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fakel have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
  • Fakel have yet to win a game.
  • Krylya Sovetov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Krylya Sovetov have the most points from losing position (4) in Premier League
  • Krylya Sovetov have yet to win a game at home.
  • Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Krylya Sovetov Last season Fakel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   9 23
5 3   Drew D   2 5
13 5   Lost L   8 10
39 25   Scored S   31 60
36 15   Conceded C   23 33
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
67% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 66%
43% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 50%
20% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 34%
30% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 47%
23% 20%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 4
2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.9
4 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.7 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 11.3
4.1 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.5
31% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 38%
 
12.4 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 7.8
4.9 4.1   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 Zenit 5 3 2 0 11 2 3 3 0 0 10 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 9 11
2 Spartak Moskva 4 3 1 0 11 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 8 10
3 CSKA Moskva 5 3 1 1 12 5 3 3 0 0 9 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 7 10
4 Dinamo Moskva 5 2 3 0 10 4 3 1 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 9
5 Sochi 4 3 0 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 9
6 Krasnodar 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 8
7 Rostov 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 8
8 Khimki 4 2 1 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 7
9 Akhmat Grozny 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5
10 Krylya Sovetov 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 5 6 -3 5
11 Orenburg 4 1 0 3 7 10 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
12 Fakel 5 0 3 2 7 11 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 4 8 -4 3
13 Lokomotiv Moskva 5 0 3 2 4 12 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 3
14 Olimpiyets 4 0 2 2 4 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 2
15 Torpedo Moskva 4 0 1 3 3 11 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 -8 1
16 Ural 5 0 1 4 1 10 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 1 2 0 5 -9 1

Krylya Sovetov:

Read more about Premier League

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.