About Match
16 points separate the sides: Luki-Energiya 2nd on 40, Cherepovets 9th on 24. Luki-Energiya have been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.05/1.6 for Cherepovets and 1.57/0.86 for Luki-Energiya (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.32. A win here leaves Cherepovets on 27 points and up to 8th, other results permitting.
Cherepovets have lost three in a row. Over the last five, Cherepovets have taken 2 of 15 points to Luki-Energiya's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 2 Cherepovets wins, 2 for Luki-Energiya, 1 draw, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.