Soccer betting preview: Yenisey welcomes Ufa in what could be a tight duel

Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Central'nyj Stadion (32500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Yenisey holding 16th place and Ufa lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Ufa have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Yenisey form and stats

Yenisey's struggle is real here at Central'nyj Stadion with only 8 points collected from 10 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-5-4. Yenisey are slowly digging their own grave here at Central'nyj Stadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Krylya Sovetov match.

In their previous game, the manager D. Alenichev led his Yenisey to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Ural. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Central'nyj Stadion. Before that, Yenisey drew at home versus Rubin Kazan'.

This is expected to be a close game, with Yenisey perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yenisey as a small favourite), we find two games. Yenisey has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Yenisey here at Central'nyj Stadion, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). On the other hand, Yenisey have conceded 14 goals.

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Ufa form and stats

There's been little loot from Ufa's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games. Ufa only has 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ufa have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Domžale game.

Ufa won their last game, 1-0 versus Rostov played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to CSKA Moskva.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Ufa in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Ufa, 9 draws and 5 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ufa as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games. 13 goals have been conceded by Ufa in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ufa - Yenisey 2-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Yenisey, 0 draws and 3 wins for Ufa.

Top Goalscorers

S. Igboun
6 goals / 2 assists
M. Kostyukov
3 goals
V. Kichin
2 goals

Yenisey missing players

Ufa missing players

Yenisey Ufa
Total Home Statistic Away Total
22 10 Played 10 22
15 8 Scored 7 17
39 14 Conceded 13 25
91% 90% Over 0.5 80% 82%
77% 80% Over 1.5 70% 64%
50% 30% Over 2.5 40% 41%
18% 10% Over 3.5 10% 5%
9% 10% Over 4.5 0% 0%
50% 60% Both teams to score 60% 41%
14% 20% Clean Sheet 20% 32%
45% 30% Failed To Score 40% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Zenit 22 14 3 5 35 21 10 8 1 1 21 9 12 6 2 4 14 12 14 45
2 Krasnodar 22 12 5 5 40 17 12 7 3 2 24 8 10 5 2 3 16 9 23 41
3 CSKA Moskva 22 11 7 4 31 12 10 5 2 3 18 8 12 6 5 1 13 4 19 40
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 22 11 6 5 30 20 11 6 4 1 17 10 11 5 2 4 13 10 10 39
5 Spartak Moskva 22 10 6 6 28 22 12 5 2 5 15 15 10 5 4 1 13 7 6 36
6 Rostov 22 8 8 6 19 14 11 4 5 2 9 4 11 4 3 4 10 10 5 32
7 Arsenal Tula 22 8 7 7 28 25 11 6 4 1 22 9 11 2 3 6 6 16 3 31
8 Rubin Kazan' 22 6 12 4 19 20 12 5 5 2 10 8 10 1 7 2 9 12 -1 30
9 Akhmat Grozny 22 8 6 8 21 23 10 3 5 2 9 9 12 5 1 6 12 14 -2 30
10 Orenburg 22 8 5 9 25 25 11 5 2 4 10 9 11 3 3 5 15 16 0 29
11 Ural 22 7 5 10 23 35 12 4 4 4 14 14 10 3 1 6 9 21 -12 26
12 Krylya Sovetov 22 7 3 12 19 29 11 4 1 6 8 11 11 3 2 6 11 18 -10 24
13 Dinamo Moskva 22 5 9 8 19 18 10 4 2 4 12 6 12 1 7 4 7 12 1 24
14 Ufa 22 4 8 10 17 25 12 4 2 6 10 12 10 0 6 4 7 13 -8 20
15 Anzhi 22 5 4 13 11 35 11 2 3 6 7 20 11 3 1 7 4 15 -24 19
16 Yenisey 22 2 6 14 15 39 10 1 5 4 8 14 12 1 1 10 7 25 -24 12