FC Chayka (home)
- FC Chayka, currently 17th with just 19 points from 28 games, are set to host FNL 2025/2026 leaders, and favourites for promotion, FK Fakel Voronezh, who sit at the top of the table on 59 points.
- Chayka’s record in the FNL 2025/2026 is poor, but they are marginally better at home where they’ve won two, drawn three and lost nine of their 14 games this season.
- They’ve gone backwards of late, however, losing their last two matches 5-0 away to Ural and 1-4 at home to FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.
- Dmitri Kombarov took over as Chayka manager in July 2025 and has concentrated on building a pragmatic team that can dig in, sit back in a compact defensive block, and try to hit their opposition on the break.
- They are blunt in the final third, however, and rarely create the sort of volume of chances that can keep the opposition defence honest.
FK Fakel Voronezh (away)
- The visitors will be keen to grab another three points and continue to put distance between themselves and the teams below.
- Fakel, on the other hand, are all about getting the ball back high up the field and playing at pace.
- Oleg Vasilenko has overseen their rise to the top of the FNL table since taking over as manager in October 2025 and they play a proactive, high-pressing, transition-based style that is a stark contrast to Chayka’s approach.
Head-to-Head
- The last league meeting between Chayka and Fakel was a 0-0 draw.
- FC Chayka have conceded 32 goals, an average of 2.29 goals per game, at home in the FNL 2025/2026 season.
Key Players
- Pusi Belaidi has 15 goals in 27 FNL games this term.
- His strike partner Maksim Turishchev has also found his form, scoring three of their last five goals.
- Artem Sokolov, Chayka’s top scorer, has nine goals in 22 FNL appearances.
Betting Insights
As a play, we like ‘BTTS - No’ at 1.38 and ‘Over 2.5 goals’ at 1.96 , because we feel Fakel will keep a clean sheet and dominate possession throughout the game, giving Chayka few opportunities to get forward.
Prediction
Fakel will be the team pressing high and trying to dominate possession and we expect them to win Saturday’s match as a result .
