📏 Form Guide

Baltika Kaliningrad

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Baltika Kaliningrad will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-7 Premier League triumph over Terek Grozny.

In that game, Baltika Kaliningrad had 46% possession and 12 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Baltika Kaliningrad, goals were scored by Ángelo Henríquez (4'), Alex Fernandes (8', 41', 84'), Yury Kovalev (10'), Vitaly Lisakovich (34') and Maksim Kuzmin (89'). Akhmat Grozny had 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Svetoslav Kovachev (75') scored for Terek Grozny.

A recurring characteristic of more recent Baltika Kaliningrad games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

Taking their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a loser.

Heading into this contest, Baltika Kaliningrad are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Krylia Sovetov

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Krylia Sovetov will come into the clash following on from a 2-0 Premier League win over Rubin Kazan in their last game.

In that game, Krylia Sovetov managed 40% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Krylia Sovetov, the goals were scored by Yuri Gorshkov (9') and Vladimir Khubulov (96'). For their opponents, Rubin Kazan got 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Krylia Sovetov have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. In defence, Krylia Sovetov have not been doing too well. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might be sustained in this next game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league match between these sides was Premier League match day 6 on 27/08/2023 which ended up with the score at Krylia Sovetov 2-1 Baltika Kaliningrad.

In that match, Krylia Sovetov managed 47% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Sergey Babkin (52') and Georgi Zotov (91').

At the other end, Baltika Kaliningrad got 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Tamerlan Musaev (88') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Sergey Ivanov.

📋 Team News: Baltika Kaliningrad

Gedeon Guzina (Partial damage to the cruciate ligament) and Joel Fameyeh (Foot injury) are unavailable for Baltika Kaliningrad gaffer Sergei Ignashevich.

It looks as if Baltika Kaliningrad look set to kick off with a 3-4-2-1 system in the match, utilising Evgeni Latyshonok, Kevin Andrade, Aleksandr Zhirov, Diego Luna, Yuriy Kovalev, Kristijan Bistrovic, Danila Kozlov, Roberto Fernández, Angelo Henríquez, Alex Fernandes and Vitaliy Lisakovich.

📋 Team News: Krylia Sovetov

Due to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Krylia Sovetov manager Igor Osinkin has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

There’s a good chance that Perya will likely utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Ivan Lomaev, Nikolay Rasskazov, A. Soldatenkov, Roman Evgenjev, Kirill Pechenin, Fernando Costanza, Ilya Gaponov, Roman Ezhov, Nikita Saltykov, Franco Orozco and Amar Rahmanovic.

💭 Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Krylia Sovetov and Baltika Kaliningrad may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a tight encounter with a 1-1 scoreline after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 13:07 20/04/2024