Rostov are favourites to win this home fixture versus Fakel, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) 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.
Rostov form and stats
Rostov are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Rostov Arena. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.
Rostov shared the glory with Spartak Moskva in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Karpin made a successful contribution in the game against Spartak Moskva, bringing on Selyava who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Defender Melekhin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Melekhin won 5 of 11 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Ural.Observe: 15 of the most recent 17 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.
A decent goal production from Rostov in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Rostov have conceded 16 goals.
Fakel form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fakel so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Fakel, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Dinamo Moskva (placed 7th) last time out. That win felt nice as this club had gone four league matches without victory. Fakel goalie Svinov was high and low in the Dinamo Moskva game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Attacker Gongadze got a player rating of 8.73 in the game. "Man of the match" Gongadze scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-3 loss hosting Orenburg before that.Fakel have the goal stats of 12-24 (for/against) from 12 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season. Fakel has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Fakel - Rostov 1-1 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Rostov wins - draws - Fakel wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Komlichenko 11 goals |  G. Gongadze 9 goals |  D. Poloz 8 goals |
Rostov missing players
Fakel missing players
| Rostov | Fakel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 44 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 31 |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 45 |
| 92% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 80% | 77% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 68% | 77% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 48% |
| 40% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 42% | 40% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 24% |
| 80% | 77% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 20% | 23% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.4 | 12.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 36% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 14.2 | 14.3 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 17.2 | 15.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5 |
- Fakel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fakel have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Premier League
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 52 | 61 |
| 2 | Rostov | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 49 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Sochi | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -12 | 31 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Ural | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -15 | 25 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -21 | 22 |
| 14 | Fakel | 25 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 21 |
| 15 | Khimki | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 17 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 13 |
