📊 Form Guide

Baltika Kaliningrad

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Baltika Kaliningrad will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Orenburg.

In that match, Baltika Kaliningrad had 51% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. At the other end, Orenburg had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. Jimmy Marín (80') scored for Orenburg.

A recurring trait of recent Baltika Kaliningrad games is the number of results with a nil in them.

Taking their previous six clashes before this one, in 6 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a loser. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, however.

Coming into this fixture, Baltika Kaliningrad are without a win at home for the past 5 matches in the league. That's never good.

Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod go into this encounter following on from a 0-1 Premier League win with the downing of Rubin Kazan in their last fixture.

In that game, Nizhny Novgorod had 32% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nizhny Novgorod was Aleksandr Troshechkin (5'). At the other end, Rubin Kazan got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Clashes featuring Nizhny Novgorod have, in the main, been rather sterile ones latterly with a dearth of scoring becoming routine. During their past 6 clashes, the trivial gross goal return of 6 has been recorded between both them and their opposition at an average goals per match of 1.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league match featuring these sides was Premier League match day 15 on 12/11/2023 when it ended Nizhny Novgorod 0-0 Baltika Kaliningrad.

In that game, Nizhny Novgorod managed 49% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Baltika Kaliningrad had 9 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Sergey Cheban.

📋 Team News: Baltika Kaliningrad

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Baltika Kaliningrad boss Sergei Ignashevich to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Ivan Ostojic (unknown injury) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: Nizhny Novgorod

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the Nizhny Novgorod boss Sergei Yuran does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Nizhny Novgorod will likely be able to breach the defence of this Baltika Kaliningrad lineup, although that possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Baltika Kaliningrad after 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

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Lucas Pereira, 14:05 30/03/2024