The visiting CSKA Moskva side should be favourites in this visit to Akhmat Grozny, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Moskva are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny's results here at Akhmat Arena in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Akhmat are slowly digging their own grave here at Akhmat Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Orenburg match.
A strong away win for Akhmat against Arsenal Tula the last match, as Odise Roshi (2) and Evgeni Kharin were on target. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Sochi.
There will be little rest for Akhmat after this match as they are travelling to Tambov for a Premier League game in only three days.
Akhmat Grozny have scored 12 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Akhmat's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
180 minutes! That's how long the Moskva goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Moskva's previous game versus Spartak Moskva (placed 6th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Before that, CSKA Moskva travelled to Dinamo Moskva and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Moskva manager V. Goncharenko as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Orenburg.
The visiting Moskva have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Moskva have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: CSKA Moskva - Akhmat 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Akhmat Grozny won one game, one match ended with a draw and CSKA Moskva has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  N. Vlašić 9 goals |   O. Roshi 7 goals |  F. Chalov 5 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 72% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 68% |
| 36% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 40% |
| 16% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 56% | 69% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 58% | 44% |
| 16% | 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 40% |
| 36% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 28% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 319 | 179 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 190 | 417 |
| 100 | 52 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 62 | 135 |
| 24% | 23% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | 23% |
- CSKA Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 40 | 59 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Rostov | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -3 | 42 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Ufa | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | Sochi | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Ural | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan' | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 27 |
| 14 | Tambov | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -14 | 23 |