Match details. 2. Liga, Division B, Group 1, Group 1 - 30. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 14:00 Lagos time. It is played at Stadium Nart, Cherkessk.
What's at stake. FC Nart Cherkessk are 7th on 30 points after 20 games, 1 point behind Kyzyltash, 2 points clear of Spartak Nalchik. A win would take them above Kyzyltash. FC Astrakhan are 11th on 20 points after 20 games, 4 points behind Lugansk, 2 points clear of Izberbash.
Form. FC Nart Cherkessk have won four, drawn one and lost five of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L W W D. In this competition FC Nart Cherkessk have gone L L W W D W. FC Astrakhan have won one, drawn four and lost five of their last ten, 0.7 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L D L W. In this competition FC Astrakhan have gone L L D L W D.
The numbers. FC Nart Cherkessk score 1.2 and concede one a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. FC Nart Cherkessk average 5.5 corners and 1.8 cards a game. FC Astrakhan score 0.7 and concede 1.8 a game in their last six away, with two clean sheets and two games without a goal. FC Astrakhan average 3.6 corners and 2.8 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last five meetings FC Nart Cherkessk have won one, drawn three and lost one. Two of the five went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, FC Nart Cherkessk won one and three were drawn. The last time they met, on 25 Apr 2026, it finished FC Nart Cherkessk 1-1 FC Astrakhan.
The case against. FC Astrakhan's record still gives them 32% to win.
The read. FC Nart Cherkessk to win. A tight game. Their goals for and against make FC Nart Cherkessk the likelier winners; FC Nart Cherkessk are the stronger side on form and the table. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%. Three of the last five meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); FC Nart Cherkessk or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); FC Nart Cherkessk or Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: FC Nart Cherkessk 1-0 FC Astrakhan (12% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).