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Spartak Nal'chik

Russian Cup Russia

FNL 2 - Group 1

Founded:	1935
Stadium:	Stadion Spartak
Coach:	Sergey Trubitsin
Premier League Form:
Overall Form:

Spartak Nal'chik home ground venue is Stadion Spartak.

Sergey Trubitsin is the current coach for Spartak Nal'chik.

Spartak Nal'chik Premier League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Spartak Nal'chik have played a total of 44 matches in Russia Premier League. Their current statistics is 8 win, 18 draw and 18 lose.

Spartak Nal'chik did not lose their last eight matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Spartak Nal'chik results for their home or away matches in Premier League 2011/2012.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Spartak Nal'chik	44	8	18	18

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
13/05/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 3	Krasnodar	2-2	H2H	O
13/05/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 3	Krasnodar	2-2	H2H	O	+
Roman Kontsedalov 8'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	11' Márcio Abreu
Arsen Goshokov 12'
Ruslan Bolov 14'		2 - 1
Ruslan Bolov 15'
		2 - 2	20' I. Lambarschi
Rustam Balov 45'
			45' Yura Movsisyan
			58' I. Lambarschi
			58' Igor Picusceac
			64' Igor Picusceac
Rustam Balov 65'
Daniel Buitrago 65'
Mikhail Bagaev 68'
		2 - 3	70' Yura Movsisyan
Roman Kontsedalov 75'		3 - 3
Ruslan Bolov 81'
David Siradze 81'
			84' Nikola Drincic
			84' Valeriy Chuperka
			89' Otar Martsvaladze
			89' Pavel Golyshev
Roman Kontsedalov 90+2'
Jovan Golic 90+2'
02/05/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Rostov	1-1	H2H	O	+
Semen Fomin 5'		1 - 0
Anri Khagush 12'
		1 - 1	22' Héctor Bracamonte
			26' Igor Smolnikov
			45+2' D. Kolodin
			46' D. Kolodin
			46' Khoren Bayramyan
			46' Dmitri Poloz
			46' R. Emeljanov
Arsen Goshokov 48'
Semen Fomin 49'
Evgeny Ovsienko 49'
Anri Khagush 57'
Ruslan Abazov 57'
Aleksey Aravin 58'
Aleksey Aravin 63'
		1 - 2	68' Aleksandr Gațcan
Ruslan Bolov 68'
David Siradze 68'
Roman Kontsedalov 71'
			77' Héctor Bracamonte
			77' Dmitri Kirichenko
Roman Kontsedalov 80'		2 - 2
			80' R. Emeljanov
			88' Igor Smolnikov
02/05/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Rostov	1-1	H2H	O
27/04/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 0	Krylya Sovetov	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ruslan Abazov 15'
			27' V. Svezhov
Daniel Buitrago 45'
			51' D. Golubev
			51' D. Molosh
			54' Joël Tshibamba
			54' Roman Grigoryan
Semen Fomin 58'
			60' D. Molosh
Ruslan Bolov 65'
Magomed Mitrishev 65'
			68' V. Svezhov
			68' Khyzyr Appaev
			69' Khyzyr Appaev
Daniel Buitrago 71'
Kantemir Berkhamov 71'
			83' Khyzyr Appaev
Rustam Balov 85'
Gudzha Rukhaia 85'
			90+4' Aleksey Kontsedalov
27/04/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 0	Krylya Sovetov	0-0	H2H	O
15/04/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 0	Volga	1-0	H2H	O	+
Roman Kontsedalov 29'
Roman Kontsedalov 37'		1 - 0
Arsen Goshokov 40'
			45+2' S. Bendz
			46' Mihaita Plesan
			46' Nikita Malyarov
Evgeny Ovsienko 52'
Magomed Mitrishev 54'		2 - 0
			63' Ilya Maksimov
			63' Aleksandr Kharitonov
Magomed Mitrishev 67'
Daniel Buitrago 67'
Daniel Buitrago 76'		3 - 0
Gudzha Rukhaia 78'
Alexei Skvernyuk 78'
			80' Shota Bibilov
			80' Dmitriy Karasev
Arsen Goshokov 83'
David Siradze 83'
15/04/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 0	Volga	1-0	H2H	O
30/03/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 2	Tom' Tomsk	0-1	H2H	O	+
			13' Ruslan Nakhushev
Evgeny Ovsienko 14'
		0 - 1	16' Alan Gatagov
			44' Alan Gatagov
			44' Emin Mahmudov
Semen Fomin 46'
Arsen Goshokov 46'
Aleksey Aravin 55'
		0 - 2	58' Adrian Ropotan
Ruslan Bolov 60'
Daniel Buitrago 60'
			62' Alexei Rebko
			62' I. Gultyaev
Mikhail Bagaev 80'
Alexei Skvernyuk 80'
			84' Viktor Stroev
			88' Anton Khazov
			88' Valeri Klimov
30/03/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 2	Tom' Tomsk	0-1	H2H	O
12/03/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Amkar Perm'	0-1	H2H	O
12/03/2012	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Amkar Perm'	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	22' Vitaly Grishin
M. Džudović 32'
			43' Mikhail Smirnov
			46' Mikhail Smirnov
			46' Nikita Burmistrov
Anri Khagush 46'
Hrayr Mkoyan 46'
		0 - 2	68' Nikita Burmistrov
Adnan Zahirovic 68'
Jovan Golic 68'
Aleksey Aravin 73'
David Siradze 73'
			75' Zahari Sirakov
Jovan Golic 81'		1 - 2
			83' Georgi Peev
			83' M. Blažić
			84' Sergei Narubin
			90+2' Martin Jakubko
			90+2' Radomir Đalović
			90+3' M. Blažić
26/11/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 0	Akhmat Grozny	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jovan Golic 45'		1 - 0
			47' Xavier Zengue
Magomed Mitrishev 55'		2 - 0
			58' Levan Gvazava
			58' Zaur Sadayev
			66' J. Legear
			66' Andrei Kobenko
			68' Shamil Asildarov
			68' Musawengosi Mguni
Arsen Goshokov 75'
David Siradze 75'
Semen Fomin 81'
Magomed Mitrishev 83'		3 - 0
Magomed Mitrishev 84'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 84'
Jovan Golic 90+1'
Milan Jovanovic 90+1'
26/11/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	3 - 0	Akhmat Grozny	1-0	H2H	O
06/11/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 1	Amkar Perm'	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jovan Golic 13'
			25' Predrag Mijic
			39' Nikola Mijailovic
Roman Kontsedalov 45'		1 - 0
			46' Josip Knežević
			46' Radomir Đalović
Zahari Sirakov 49'		2 - 0
Arsen Goshokov 50'
			63' Vitaly Grishin
			63' Nikita Burmistrov
Y. Lebedev 63'
Gudzha Rukhaia 64'
			71' Predrag Mijic
			71' E. Tyukalov
Arsen Goshokov 73'
Daniil Gridnev 73'
			78' Ivan Cherenchikov
			83' Radomir Đalović
Jovan Golic 87'
David Siradze 87'
		2 - 1	90' E. Tyukalov
Magomed Mitrishev 90+1'
H. Sigurðsson 90+1'
06/11/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 1	Amkar Perm'	1-0	H2H	O
24/10/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Lokomotiv Moskva	1-0	H2H	O
24/10/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Lokomotiv Moskva	1-0	H2H	O	+
			18' T. Burlak
			23' M. da Costa
Daniil Gridnev 35'		1 - 0
Roman Kontsedalov 38'
			44' Maicon
			46' Stanislav Ivanov
			46' Felipe Caicedo
			48' Victor Obinna
		1 - 1	63' Denis Glushakov
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 72'
Arsen Goshokov 72'
Y. Lebedev 81'
Aleksey Aravin 81'
Aleksey Aravin 83'
			86' R. Yanbaev
			86' Dmitri Loskov
			86' Victor Obinna
			86' Ján Ďurica
		1 - 2	87' Ján Ďurica
Magomed Mitrishev 88'
H. Sigurðsson 88'
16/10/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Anzhi	0-1	H2H	O
16/10/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Anzhi	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	28' Mbark Boussoufa
Serhiy Pilipchuk 31'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 46'
Gudzha Rukhaia 46'
Arsen Goshokov 60'
Igor Portnyagin 60'
			68' Shamil Lakhiyalov
			68' Aleksander Prudnikov
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 75'
Semen Fomin 75'
A. Kulikov 81'
Magomed Mitrishev 90'		1 - 1
			90+1' Kamil Agalarov
			90+1' Alexei Igonin
25/09/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Kuban' Krasnodar	0-1	H2H	O
25/09/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Kuban' Krasnodar	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	30' Lacina Traoré
Gudzha Rukhaia 32'
Igor Portnyagin 46'
H. Sigurðsson 46'
Gudzha Rukhaia 59'
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 59'
M. Džudović 64'
Evgeny Ovsienko 64'
Evgeny Ovsienko 66'
			82' Artur Tlisov
			82' M. Komkov
			84' Gheorghe Bucur
			84' Roman Bugaev
			87' Maksim Zhavnerchik
			90+2' Dacian Varga
			90+2' Aleksey Kozlov
11/09/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Rostov	0-0	H2H	O
11/09/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Rostov	0-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Timofey Kalachev
			38' Roman Adamov
			57' Aleksandr Gațcan
			57' Igor Smolnikov
Daniil Gridnev 59'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 59'
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 67'
Alexei Skvernyuk 67'
			68' Héctor Bracamonte
			68' Élson
			82' M. Grigorjev
			82' Khoren Bayramyan
		0 - 1	83' Razvan Cocis
Gudzha Rukhaia 85'
H. Sigurðsson 85'
			90+2' Anri Khagush
21/08/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Spartak Moskva	1-0	H2H	O	+
Arsen Goshokov 26'		1 - 0
			46' Kirill Kombarov
			46' Sergey Parshivlyuk
			46' Sergey Parshivlyuk
		1 - 1	53' Artem Dzyuba
			56' Demy De Zeeuw
			56' Aleksandr Sheshukov
Gudzha Rukhaia 61'
Leandro 61'
David Siradze 65'
Adnan Zahirovic 65'
Daniil Gridnev 66'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 79'
H. Sigurðsson 79'
			83' Emmanuel Emenike
21/08/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Spartak Moskva	1-0	H2H	O
07/08/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Rubin Kazan	0-0	H2H	O	+
Y. Lebedev 22'
Daniil Gridnev 24'
			32' R. Sharonov
Leandro 33'
			42' Solomon Kvirkvelia
			46' Sergei Kislyak
			46' Oleg Kuzmin
David Siradze 59'
B. Milić 59'
Otto Fredrikson 64'
			65' Alan Kasaev
			65' Igor Lebedenko
			68' Bibras Natcho
		0 - 1	72' Igor Lebedenko
Leandro 74'
Jovan Golic 74'
			75' Gokdeniz Karadeniz
			75' Petr Nemov
Serhiy Pilipchuk 82'
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 82'
			85' Vladimir Dyadyun
Jovan Golic 87'
			90+2' Petr Nemov
07/08/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 1	Rubin Kazan	0-0	H2H	O
24/07/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Krasnodar	0-0	H2H	O
24/07/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Krasnodar	0-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Nikola Drincic
A. Kulikov 27'
			46' Márcio Abreu
			46' A. Kulchiy
			59' Aleksandr Erokhin
			59' Evgeniy Shipitsin
		0 - 1	64' Evgeniy Shipitsin
David Siradze 70'
Daniil Gridnev 70'
			70' A. Kulchiy
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 70'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 70'
		0 - 2	75' Yura Movsisyan
			79' Yura Movsisyan
			79' Spartak Gogniev
Adnan Zahirovic 79'
B. Milić 79'
A. Kulikov 87'		1 - 2
Arsen Goshokov 90+3'		2 - 2
18/06/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 2	CSKA Moskva	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	19' Seydou Doumbia
			26' Seydou Doumbia
			53' Seydou Doumbia
			53' Z. Tošić
Igor Portnyagin 63'
Arsen Goshokov 63'
		0 - 2	65' S. Ignashevich
David Siradze 65'
David Siradze 70'
Kantemir Berkhamov 70'
			78' Pavel Mamaev
			78' Deividas Šemberas
Kantemir Berkhamov 80'
B. Milić 80'
			82' Vágner Love
			88' Alan Dzagoev
			88' Sekou Jabateh Oliseh
18/06/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	0 - 2	CSKA Moskva	0-1	H2H	O
27/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Akhmat Grozny	1-2	H2H	O
27/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Akhmat Grozny	1-2	H2H	O	+
Adnan Zahirovic 33'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	38' Maurício
Evgeny Ovsienko 39'
			40' Blagoy Zhorev Georgiev
		1 - 2	42' Andrei Kobenko
			46' Adlan Katsayev
			46' Héctor Bracamonte
			53' Héctor Bracamonte
E. Pomazan 55'
Otto Fredrikson 55'
Evgeny Ovsienko 63'
A. Kulikov 63'
Arsen Goshokov 66'
David Siradze 66'
Roman Kontsedalov 71'		2 - 2
			74' Shamil Asildarov
			74' Musawengosi Mguni
Y. Lebedev 87'
14/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Volga	0-0	H2H	O
14/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 1	Volga	0-0	H2H	O	+
			13' Otar Martsvaladze
Nazir Kazharov 46'
B. Milić 46'
			54' Aleksey Aravin
B. Milić 59'		1 - 0
B. Milić 59'
			60' G. Gogua
			60' M. Vatsadze
			63' M. Vatsadze
			71' S. Tursunov
			71' Maksim Burchenko
Igor Portnyagin 76'
			77' Ruslan Adzhindzhal
Kantemir Berkhamov 78'
Daniil Gridnev 78'
Leandro 80'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 80'
			81' Inal Getigezhev
			85' Aleksandr Shulenin
		1 - 1	90' M. Vatsadze
02/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 3	Dinamo Moskva	0-1	H2H	O
02/05/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 3	Dinamo Moskva	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' A. Sapeta
Evgeny Ovsienko 16'
			26' Leandro Fernández
David Siradze 41'
			42' Zvjezdan Misimović
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 46'
Serhiy Pilipchuk 46'
		0 - 2	54' Fedor Smolov
			58' Zvjezdan Misimović
			58' Tomislav Dujmovic
			62' Kevin Kuranyi
			65' Fedor Smolov
			65' A. Kokorin
		0 - 3	67' Aleksandr Samedov
David Siradze 68'
Arsen Goshokov 68'
Leandro 73'
B. Milić 73'
			77' L. Wilkshire
			77' D. Kolodin
Igor Portnyagin 79'
B. Milić 82'		1 - 3
Kantemir Berkhamov 87'		2 - 3
Milan Jovanovic 89'
18/04/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Tom' Tomsk	0-2	H2H	O
18/04/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 2	Tom' Tomsk	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' Pavel Golyshev
		0 - 2	10' Dorde Jokic
			16' Pavel Golyshev
			16' Aleksandr Kharitonov
Evgeny Ovsienko 19'
Adnan Zahirovic 30'
B. Milić 30'
Kantemir Berkhamov 43'
			46' Kim Nam-Il
			46' Sergey Sosnovski
Roman Kontsedalov 55'
Leandro 58'
David Siradze 58'
			72' Evgeny Balyaykin
			72' Vladislav Khatazhenkov
			77' Kyrylo Kovalchuk
			77' Evgeny Starikov
Igor Portnyagin 86'		1 - 2
			90+3' Sergey Pesjakov
03/04/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Zenit	0-1	H2H	O
03/04/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	2 - 2	Zenit	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' Aleksandr Kerzhakov
			26' Aleksandar Luković
			34' Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Milan Jovanovic 41'
			56' Danko Lazović
Adnan Zahirovic 60'		1 - 1
			62' Mikael Stahre
Milan Jovanovic 67'
Kantemir Berkhamov 70'
A. Lukanchenkov 70'
			71' K. Zyryanov
			71' Aleksey Ionov
			74' Danny
			78' Nicolas Lombaerts
Adnan Zahirovic 79'
Daniil Gridnev 79'
		1 - 2	80' Danko Lazović
			80' Aleksandr Kerzhakov
			80' Aleksandr Bukharov
Roman Kontsedalov 88'		2 - 2
			89' Danko Lazović
			89' S. Huszti
Serhiy Pilipchuk 90+3'
A. Kulikov 90+3'
12/03/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 0	Krylya Sovetov	0-0	H2H	O
12/03/2011	Spartak Nal'chik	1 - 0	Krylya Sovetov	0-0	H2H	O	+
Milan Jovanovic 41'
Daniil Gridnev 45'
Aleksandr Shchanitsin 65'
Leandro 65'
M. Džudović 78'
B. Milić 83'
Igor Portnyagin 83'
Leandro 89'		1 - 0
			89' Ivan Taranov

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Spartak Nal'chik in Premier League.

Statistics & Analysis of Spartak Nal'chik

R. Kontsedalov is the leading top goal scorer for Spartak Nal'chik with 7 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	4
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	26
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	24
Matches under 2.25 goals	20
Matches First Half Over 0.5	32
Matches First Half Under 0.5	12
Matches odd	22
Matches even	22
Average goals scored	1.27
Average goals allowed	1.41
Failure to score	12
Biggest victory	3 - 0
Biggest defeat	0 - 2
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	1
Goalless draw at home match	2 (5%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	R. Kontsedalov
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Spartak Nal'chik Squad

Detailed statistics of each Spartak Nal'chik player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Spartak Nal'chik top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
2	Yury Lebedev	1791	20	0	1	0	5	0	0
3	Evgeny Ovsienko	2681	32	2	3	0	9	0	0
4	Milan Jovanovic	607	8	1	0	0	5	1	0
5	Adnan Zahirović	2536	32	3	5	4	6	0	1
6	Andrey Lukanchenkov	203	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
7	Kantemir Berkhamov	815	13	4	5	1	3	0	0
8	David Siradze	1465	33	16	14	2	4	0	1
9	Arsen Goshokov	1949	32	10	11	4	5	0	0
11	Roman Kontsedalov	3551	40	0	4	7	8	0	0
13	Aleksandr Shchanitsin	2327	30	2	11	1	2	0	0
14	Daniil Gridnev	1279	22	8	4	1	4	0	0
14	Anri Khagush	357	5	0	4	0	1	0	0
15	Igor Portnyagin	907	14	4	3	1	1	0	0
15	Hrayr Mkoyan	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	Mikhail Bagaev	3241	37	1	2	0	6	0	0
18	Alexei Skvernyuk	207	6	5	0	0	1	0	0
19	Aleksandr Kulikov	1579	20	3	0	1	4	0	0
20	Miodrag Džudović	2873	33	1	3	1	8	2	0
21	Bogdan Milić	600	15	10	3	2	2	0	0
21	Eugeniu Cebotaru	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Guja Rukhaia	1747	24	4	7	1	4	0	0
23	Anton Antipov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Rustam Balov	315	4	0	3	0	1	0	0
27	Daniel Esteban Buitrago Tamayo	235	8	7	1	1	1	0	0
27	Stanislav Namaşco	180	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Jovan Golic	569	12	6	5	2	3	0	0
30	Otto Fredrikson	2285	26	1	0	0	1	0	0
31	Leandro da Silva II	1609	21	2	7	2	2	0	0
32	Semen Fomin	967	15	4	3	1	4	0	0
33	Evgeny Pomazan	505	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	Aleksey Aravin	1495	18	1	1	0	7	1	0
37	Reziuan Mirzov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Hannes Sigurðsson	66	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
55	Akhmat Chochuev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	Ruslan Abazov	303	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
60	Azamat Shogenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	Nazir Kazharov	145	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
88	Ruslan Bolov	478	8	2	4	1	1	0	0
95	Magomed Mitrishev	1065	16	5	7	5	2	0	0
98	Aleksandr Budakov	990	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Serhiy Pilipchuk	1386	22	7	9	0	3	0	0

Russia Football

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Top Soccer Tipsters

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

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H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

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Football clubs that play well for their away games.

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Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.