Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Akhmat Grozny & Zenit face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Zenit, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Akhmat Grozny nor Zenit as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Last season, Akhmat Grozny's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.The story so far in the Premier League for Akhmat Grozny at their home stadium (Akhmat Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Krasnodar last time out and are looking for a victory here. Midfield player Oleynikov got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Oleynikov scored one goal and hit four key passes.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ural.Akhmat are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Baltika awaits in three days.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Akhmat Grozny defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Zenit form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Two travels in a row for Zenit, whose manager Semak could celebrate last time after the win against Rubin Kazan. Midfield player Wendel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Wendel signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Baltika, earlier.
After this away game Zenit return home for a Premier League game against Lokomotiv Moskva. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Zenit are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Zenit - Akhmat 2-0 was the outcome when this pair of sides last played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Akhmat Grozny wins - draws - Zenit wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 7 goals |   M. Konaté 3 goals | I. Sergeev 3 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Zenit missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 44% | ||
| 11.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Baltika | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Zenit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Zenit | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Ural | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rostov | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Sochi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Fakel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Baltika | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
