2026Who will win?
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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod | 15 | W2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7/15 | 8-9 |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9/15 | 9-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2026-05-03 – 2026-07-05) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod | 1-1 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk |
| 2026-05-03 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 2-0 | Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | WW | 10 | -8 |
| Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | WW | 7 | -6 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-09-13
The points column shows no gap: 6 apiece, Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod 2nd and Khimik Dzerzhinsk 1st. Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod's recent output lags their position: 10th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.53 goals per team per game, Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod run at 2 scored and 1 conceded, Khimik Dzerzhinsk at 2.5 and 0.5. A win here leaves Pobeda Nizhny Novgorod on 9 points, overtaking Khimik Dzerzhinsk, other results permitting.
