Early sportsbook lines indicate Akhmat Grozny superiority versus Arsenal Tula

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Thu 26.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Akhmat Grozny contest Arsenal Tula for glory and sporting success.

Insights:
  • Akhmat Grozny have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (11) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Arsenal Tula, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Akhmat Grozny so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The fans are hoping that Akhmat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against CSKA Moskva (placed 5th). Midfield player Artem Timofeev got a match rating of 7.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Timofeev dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Akhmat Grozny had a home game versus Dinamo Moskva which ended with a victory 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Akhmat's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.

Early season league goal statistics from Akhmat Grozny's 2 home games: 3 goals, 3 conceded.

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Arsenal Tula form and stats

It's not happening yet for Arsenal Tula on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Arsenal Tula seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Arsenal's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Spartak Moskva that finished 1-1. Anton Kochenkov (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.82. Kochenkov stopped the opponent with six saves. Anton Kochenkov had red hot gloves after the game against Spartak Moskva, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Krasnodar's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Arsenal playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.

3 goals so far away for Arsenal Tula, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Akhmat Grozny four wins, two 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

AkhmatD. Utkin
D. Utkin
3 goals
Arsenal TulaD. Khlusevich
D. Khlusevich
2 goals
Arsenal TulaE. Lutsenko
E. Lutsenko
2 goals

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Arsenal Tula missing players

Akhmat Grozny Arsenal Tula
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 2 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 2 2 3
6 3 0 Scored S 3 3 6
8 3 0 Conceded C 6 6 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 20%
80% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
3.4 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.8
5.6 2.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 11 11 7.6
3 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.2 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 10.2
3.8 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 3.6
32% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 60% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Akhmat Grozny have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Akhmat Grozny have the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
  • Akhmat Grozny have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Akhmat Grozny haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Akhmat Grozny's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Arsenal Tula's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Arsenal Tula have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Arsenal Tula have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Arsenal Tula have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Arsenal Tula have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula have the most conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal Tula haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Akhmat Grozny Last season Arsenal Tula
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 7   Won W   0 6
7 4   Drew D   1 5
12 4   Lost L   14 19
36 23   Scored S   6 28
38 15   Conceded C   31 51
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 70%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
30% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 30%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 17%
37% 47%   BTTS BTTS   40% 47%
27% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 20%
47% 33%   Failed to Score F T   60% 40%
 
5.7 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
3.9 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
3.4 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.4
7 2   Red cards R C   3 8
 
13.2 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 12.2
4.5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.6
26% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   12% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Moskva 5 4 0 1 9 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 12
2 Zenit 5 3 2 0 12 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 9 5 5 11
3 Rubin Kazan 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 10
4 Sochi 5 3 0 2 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 9
5 CSKA Moskva 5 3 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 9
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
7 Olimpiyets 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 Spartak Moskva 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 7
9 Krasnodar 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
10 Akhmat Grozny 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 6
11 Ufa 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 5
12 Krylya Sovetov 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
13 Khimki 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 4
14 Arsenal Tula 5 1 1 3 6 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 4
15 Rostov 4 0 1 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
16 Ural 5 0 1 4 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 1

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.