📊 Form Guide

FC Krasnodar

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FC Krasnodar won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Zenit St Petersburg.

In that game, FC Krasnodar had 46% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for FC Krasnodar was Lucas Olaza (16'). For their opponents, Zenit had 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Mateo Cassierra (47') and Artur (63') scored for Zenit St Petersburg.

It’s been seldom in recent games that FC Krasnodar haven’t conceded. The facts show that FC Krasnodar have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see if that trend might persist in this upcoming game or not.

Going into this one, FC Krasnodar are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.

Fakel Voronezh

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Since tasting defeat last time out to FC Rostov in Premier League action, Fakel Voronezh will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Fakel Voronezh managed 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Rostov had 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ronaldo (83') was the scorer for FC Rostov.

In 5 of the prior six games featuring Fakel Voronezh, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that period is just 2, with the average goals for Fakelony being 0.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league meeting between these sides was Premier League match day 6 on 25/08/2023 when the final score was Fakel Voronezh 0-0 FC Krasnodar.

That time, Fakel Voronezh managed 34% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, FC Krasnodar had 15 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Aleksey Amelin.

📋 Team News: FC Krasnodar

The FC Krasnodar boss Murad Musayev will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

In our view, Byki may well kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Matvey Safonov, Sergey Volkov, Kaio, Júnior Alonso, Lucas Olaza, Nikita Krivtsov, Kevin Castaño, Kady Borges, Eduard Spertsyan, Joao Batxi and Jhon Cordoba.

🗞️ Team News: Fakel Voronezh

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Fakel Voronezh boss Sergei Tashuyev doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

There’s a good chance that Fakelony might begin the game with a 4-4-2 system, starting Aleksandr Belenov, Vasili Cherov, Rayan Senhadji, Igor Yurganov, Igor Kalinin, Ilnur Alshin, Vyacheslav Yakimov, Irakli Kvekveskiri, Ruslan Magal, Evgeniy Markov and Khyzyr Appaev.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Fakel Voronezh should be able to get a goal against this FC Krasnodar team, although it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for FC Krasnodar when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 15:08 19/04/2024