FC Chelyabinsk (home)
- Six points separate 8th-placed YFK Shinnik Yaroslav (47 pts from 33 games) from 10th-placed FC Chelyabinsk (43 pts after 33 games), making Saturday’s head-to-head a battle for momentum in the middle section of the FNL 2025/2026 table rather than a classic rivalry.
- FC Chelyabinsk have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 5 FNL fixtures.
YFK Shinnik Yaroslav (away)
- YFK Shinnik Yaroslav are the in-form team, unbeaten in 5 (W3, D2).
- Artem Buloychik has instilled a lot of discipline and structure in Shinnik since taking over as manager in April 2025.
- The visitors arrive in Chelyabinsk with an excellent away run, winning two and drawing one of their last three away games.
Head-to-Head
YFK Shinnik Yaroslav won the reverse fixture 1-0 at home six months ago.
FC Chelyabinsk
- Ramazan Gadzhimuradov leads from the front with 10 goals in 31 FNL games for Chelyabinsk this term.
- They have scored 27 goals in 16 home matches.
YFK Shinnik Yaroslav
- Shinnik don’t have a single player with more than six FNL goals to his name.
- Daniil Kornyushin has scored six times in 30 appearances.
- Artur Galoyan is in form with two goals in his last five games.
Betting Insights
An away win is priced at 3.15 , while Under 2.5 goals is 1.69 and Both Teams to Score - No is 1.9 .
Prediction
- Shinnik Yaroslavl’s recent momentum and their ability to press proactively should disrupt Chelyabinsk’s attempts to build through the middle, although Chelyabinsk’s overloads in wide areas could cause problems for Shinnik’s wide defenders.
- The form of the visitors points to an away win in a tight game with under 2.5 goals likely.
