Rostov vs Fakel preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rostov Arena

Rostov and Fakel match-goers have their most treasured supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Premier League season. GO!

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Rostov form and stats

The previous season, Rostov's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 4th position in the Premier League. From these 30 matches they scored {48 goals} and gave away 44. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Rostov produced 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 20 conceded.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rubin Kazan are coming to town in three days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Rostov, who have participated in five training matches. Rostov have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Fakel form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fakel performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 12 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 14/26 goals scored/conceded.

After this away game Fakel return home for a Russian Cup game against Sochi. That game is only three sleeps after this.

It's a day of discovery for Fakel as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Fakel have played three with the results W2-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Fakel has scored {3 goals} and conceded 3 times.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former six meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Rostov, two draws and two wins for Fakel. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Rostov missing players

Fakel missing players

Rostov Fakel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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
Rostov Last season Fakel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 9   Won W   2 6
8 3   Drew D   4 12
7 3   Lost L   9 12
48 25   Scored S   14 36
44 20   Conceded C   26 48
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 83%
67% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 43%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 33%
17% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 20%
73% 73%   BTTS BTTS   53% 60%
17% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 23%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
4.5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.1 3.8
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.5
3 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.9 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 11.1
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%
 
14.2 13.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.9 14.2
4.9 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Olimpiyets 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 Rubin Kazan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spartak 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 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 Olimpiyets 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

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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.