Football betting preview: Akademiya Konoplev U20 with moderate expectations before welcoming Khimki U20

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Competition: Russia Youth League
Competition: Fri 20.May
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Akademii im. Yuriya Konopleva (500 seats)

A total of nine rounds of games have gone by and both Akademiya Konoplev U20 and Khimki U20 are at the right end of the league table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Akademiya Konoplev U20 have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Youth League
  • Khimki U20 is in the best form (4-1-1) in Youth League

Akademiya Konoplev U20 and Khimki U20 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Akademiya Konoplev U20 form and stats

3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Youth League numbers at home for Akademiya Konoplev U20 so far this season. Akademiya Konoplev U20 has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Akademii im. Yuriya Konopleva, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Akademiya Konoplev U20 shared the glory with Arsenal Tula U19 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Bachev, having scored in five games in a row.

Before that, Akademiya had a home game versus Krasnodar U19 which ended with a victory 3-1.

Akademiya Konoplev U20 can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times.

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Khimki U20 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Youth League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Khimki U20 love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Home advantage was not enough for Khimki in their previous game as they lost hosting Ural U19, 1-2. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie six matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Bachev and that is impressive!

Prior to that result Khimki U20 won their away game at Ufa U19. The scoreline was 1-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Khimki U20's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Khimki are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Khimki U20 - Akademiya Konoplev U20 4-3. Head to head totals (for the last three meetings): Akademiya Konoplev U20 won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Khimki U20 managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Akademiya Konoplev U20 missing players

Khimki U20 missing players

Akademiya Konoplev U20 Khimki U20
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 1 Played P 1 13 27
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 8
7 4 0 Drew D 0 2 6
12 4 0 Lost L 1 7 13
41 18 3 Scored S 1 17 42
56 20 1 Conceded C 2 27 59
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 85%
67% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 70%
59% 54% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 48%
26% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 26%
67% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 67%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 15%
22% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 19%
 
5 6.1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.8
8.3 7.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8.5 7
2.7 3.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 11.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.6 8.6
3.9 5.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3 4.1
29% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 38% 36%
 
15 17.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 17 14.9
6.9 7.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 9.8 7.8
Key stats in Youth League this season:
  • Akademiya Konoplev U20 have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Youth League
  • Akademiya Konoplev U20 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Khimki U20 have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Youth League
  • Khimki U20 have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Youth League
  • Khimki U20 have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Youth League
  • Khimki U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Khimki U20 is in the best form (4-1-1) in Youth League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar U19 9 6 2 1 23 7 5 4 1 0 16 3 4 2 1 1 7 4 16 20
2 Khimki U20 9 5 1 3 16 12 5 2 0 3 9 11 4 3 1 0 7 1 4 16
3 Akademiya Konoplev U20 9 4 3 2 20 15 4 3 1 0 9 4 5 1 2 2 11 11 5 15
4 Ural U19 9 4 3 2 18 14 4 1 1 2 5 8 5 3 2 0 13 6 4 15
5 Nizhny Novgorod U19 9 5 0 4 11 11 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 2 0 3 4 7 0 15
6 Strogino U20 9 4 2 3 20 24 4 1 1 2 7 11 5 3 1 1 13 13 -4 14
7 Ufa U19 9 3 3 3 16 16 4 0 3 1 6 7 5 3 0 2 10 9 0 12
8 Akhmat Grozny U19 9 2 2 5 12 16 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 0 1 3 6 9 -4 8
9 Arsenal Tula U19 9 1 3 5 12 20 5 0 2 3 7 12 4 1 1 2 5 8 -8 6
10 UOR 5 U20 9 0 3 6 17 30 5 0 1 4 8 18 4 0 2 2 9 12 -13 3

Read more about Youth League

The U21 Premier League is the premier development league in Russian football, featuring the youth teams of the big football clubs in Russia. It has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home/away). After these 30 matches each the top team of the league table is U21 champion.