2026-05-08 at 16:00 GMT marks a key Group Stage encounter between Metallurg Lipetsk and FK Spartak Tambov in 2026's FNL 2.
Current league positions have Metallurg Lipetsk 5th on 10 points and FK Spartak Tambov 1st on 16 points.
Both teams have no missing players.
Both sides left it all on the pitch: Metallurg Lipetsk won 2-1 against Volna Nizhegorodskaya, and FK Spartak Tambov secured a victory 2-0 over Zenit Penza.
Metallurg Lipetsk (3-1-1) and FK Spartak Tambov (4-1-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
This one's been tight: in 6 head-to-head games, Metallurg Lipetsk have won 3 games, FK Spartak Tambov 3 games, and there've been 0 draws.
We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Metallurg Lipetsk's 1.75 goals/game at home balance out FK Spartak Tambov's 1.67 away scoring.
Lipetsk is going head to head with Spartak Tambov on 8/5/2026 15:00 GMT for the Russia FNL 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Lipetsk v Spartak Tambov H2H statistics!