An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Akhmat Grozny and Arsenal Tula experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 14th place.
- Akhmat Grozny have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Arsenal Tula when visiting Akhmat Grozny as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Akhmat Grozny are 4-3-4 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Akhmat to get some points in this home game.
Akhmat haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 202 minutes ago. A. Shvets scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager A. Talalaev led his Akhmat to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Zenit. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Akhmat Arena. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at CSKA Moskva.
Akhmat were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Akhmat have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won one time, drawn five and lost one.
Akhmat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Akhmat have conceded 11 goals.
Arsenal Tula form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arsenal Tula, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League, so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Arsenal have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Krasnodar game.
Arsenal had fun at their own home (Akhmat Arena) last time out, beating CSKA Moskva 2-1. Vladislav Panteleev and Aleksandr Lomovitskiy scored. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Lokomotiv Moskva.
Arsenal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of two matches.
Goals are few and far between in Arsenal's away league games. Only 5 goals from 11 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Arsenal, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Akhmat Grozny and Arsenal Tula have met before this season: Arsenal Tula - Akhmat Grozny 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Akhmat three wins, three draws and Arsenal Tula four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Berisha 6 goals | V. Ilyin 4 goals |  A. Timofeev 3 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Arsenal Tula missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Arsenal Tula | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 20 | 13 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 29 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 24 | 38 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 41% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 45% |
| 23% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 27% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 55% | 45% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 55% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13.6 | 15.8 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 23% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 12% | 24% |
- Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Akhmat Grozny have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arsenal Tula have scored away.
- Akhmat Grozny have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Arsenal Tula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Arsenal Tula have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the fewest points (1) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (24) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Premier League
- Arsenal Tula have yet to win a game away.
- Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 40 |
| 4 | Sochi | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Rostov | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Khimki | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 31 |
| 11 | Ural | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -20 | 13 |