📏 Form Guide

Orenburg

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Orenburg, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-0 Premier League victory versus Rubin Kazan.

In that game, Orenburg managed 55% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Orenburg, the scorers were Dmitriy Vorobyev (58'), Danila Khotulev (87') and Jimmy Marín (89'). Rubin Kazan had 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Their most recent results reveal that much respect should be given to the Orenburg defence. Orenburg have been stingy, seeing the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous six outings standing at 4.

Coming into this fixture, Orenburg are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

Nizhny Novgorod

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against FC Krasnodar in Premier League competition, Nizhny Novgorod and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Nizhny Novgorod managed 42% possession and 21 shots on goal with 8 on target. For Nizhny Novgorod, the scorers were Kirill Glushchenkov (8' Own goal), Nikolay Kalinskiy (34'), Aleksandr Troshechkin (40') and Ilya Kukharchuk (87'). On the other side, Krasnodar had 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Jhon Córdoba (13', 71') and Eduard Spertsyan (79') scored for FC Krasnodar.

Over the course of 5 of the previous six games involving Nizhny Novgorod, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game within that period is a mere 2.33, with the number of goals averaged by Nizhny Novgorod equalling 1. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

👥 Head to head

The previous league encounter between these sides was Premier League match day 9 on 24/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Nizhny Novgorod 3-1 Orenburg.

On that day, Nizhny Novgorod had 46% possession and 19 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Goals were scored by Zé Turbo (45'), Edgar Sevikyan (53') and Juan Manuel Boselli (75').

Orenburg had 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. Matías Pérez (28') scored.

The referee was Aleksey Sukhoy.

📰 Team News: Orenburg

Tomás Muro (Cruciate ligament tear), Timofey Martynov (Cruciate ligament injury) and Stepan Oganesyan (Leg injury) aren’t available for Orenburg gaffer David Deogracia.

It looks as if Orenburg should use a 4-3-3 formation this time, utilising Nikolay Sysuev, Arsen Adamov, Danila Khotulev, Matías Pérez, Leo Goglichidze, Yaroslav Mikhailov, Lucas Vera, Gabriel Florentín, Jimmy Marín, Brian Mansilla and Jordhy Thompson.

🗞️ Team News: Nizhny Novgorod

Thanks to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Nizhny Novgorod manager Sergei Yuran doesn’t have any fitness worries to report coming into this match.

We’re of the thinking that Nizhny Novgorod seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-1-1 system, giving starts to Artur Nigmatullin, Viktor Aleksandrov, Kirill Glushchenkov, Dmitri Tikhiy, Vladislav Karapuzov, Nikolay Kalinskiy, Mamadou Maiga, A. Troshechkin, Dmitry Stotskiy, Ilya Kukharchuk and Juan Manuel Boselli.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Nizhny Novgorod will need things to go their way to be putting a goal past this Orenburg outfit who we think might well score one, at least.

We therefore fancy a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 victory for Orenburg when the full-time whistle blows.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Peter Guest, 08:01 14/04/2024