The home crowds bank on three points in this game, as the home advantage could be decisive versus a struggling visitor. Orenburg are in 9th position while the guesting Fakel fret at 13th.
- Orenburg have the most conceded goals (33) in Premier League
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Orenburg form and stats
Orenburg have performed here at Stadion Gazovik this season with 5 wins from 7 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus CSKA Moskva last time out and are looking for a victory here. The Orenburg goalkeeper Keniaykin was crucial in the match against CSKA Moskva last time out, making six saves. Sychevoy, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Sychevoy scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Orenburg matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
Scoring bonanza? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this team has seen three or more goals.
The Orenburg manager Liczka has got the team scoring with 17 from 7 home games in the league. On the other hand, Orenburg have conceded 9 goals.
Fakel form and stats
Fakel have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 0-4-3 (7 played). Fakel has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 47 days ago, in the Lokomotiv Moskva fixture.
Fakel's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rostov that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Fakel drew the match against Rostov. Manager Vasilenko brought on Gongadze to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Akbashev got a match rating of 7.63 in that game. Akbashev hit two key passes.
The fixture earlier was the Russian Cup-duel against Spartak Moskva, a home loss (1-2).
Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 11 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures.
As for defending, Fakel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former six meetings): Orenburg won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Fakel have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Ayupov 4 goals |  G. Gongadze 4 goals |
Orenburg missing players
Fakel missing players
| Orenburg | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 33 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 57% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 64% | 71% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 21% | 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.9 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.1 | 20.3 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
| 6.6 | 8.1 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 26% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 25% |
| 14.9 | 12.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 16.1 | 15.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Fakel have yet to win a game away.
- Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fakel have scored away.
- Orenburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Orenburg have the most conceded goals (33) in Premier League
- 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 | Zenit | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 33 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Rostov | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Sochi | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 24 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Ural | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 13 | Fakel | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Khimki | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 9 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 6 |
