Уфа – Нижний Новгород

Pari NN top the FNL by eight points and travel to Ufa for round 15 with a long winning run behind them. For Ufa, seventh and six points off the play-off zone, this is a chance to show the table does not tell the whole story at Neftyanik, where they have not lost this season. The visitors have won at least six in a row, scoring 43 goals and conceding 15 in the league. Vyacheslav Grulev has scored at least 16 of them and is the division's top scorer. Their last league game was a 2-1 win at Ural. Ufa's form is patchier. A 2-0 home win over Arsenal Tula followed a goalless draw with Torpedo and a 1-0 defeat at Sochi. They have conceded only five goals in eight home games and kept two clean sheets in a row there. Dilan Ortiz has six goals, and goalkeeper Alexander Belenov has been in good form. Konstantin Troyanov and Zalimkhan Yusupov are injured. Our prediction: 1-2