Akhmat Grozny and CSKA Moskva are both thriving in the Premier League with their 5th and 4th spots respectively. This could be a top match!
- CSKA Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
These teams have little in common geographically as CSKA Moskva have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Akhmat Grozny have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. Akhmat Grozny has recorded two wins in a row here at Akhmat Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Akhmat Grozny last time playing, versus Sochi. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Iljin scoring for the victors. The victory against Sochi came after Iljin's winning goal. The Akhmat Grozny manager Tashuev was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 73rd minute. Nižić, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Nižić won 5 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Fakel that finished 1-1.Sports gamblers who prefer looking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).
The Akhmat fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches.
CSKA Moskva form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of CSKA Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for CSKA Moskva, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Moskva's last game was the home draw against Lokomotiv Moskva (1-1). Rocha was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Rocha hit three key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
One match before, 1-1 at home vs Ural in the Russian Cup.
The schedule is very tough for CSKA Moskva now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Russian Cup game at Ural is waiting in only four days.
CSKA Moskva find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Moskva have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
CSKA Moskva - Akhmat Grozny 4-2 was the story when these sides previously played each other, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Akhmat Grozny won one, CSKA Moskva were winners in eight and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Chalov 14 goals |   A. Timofeev 7 goals | M. Konaté 7 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
CSKA Moskva missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | CSKA Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 35 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 43 |
| 30 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 96% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 71% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15.2 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13.1 | 15.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 24% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 33% |
| 13.8 | 10 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.2 | 10.4 |
| 4.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
- CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CSKA Moskva is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Rostov | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 45 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 39 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 38 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Sochi | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -12 | 31 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Ural | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 25 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -21 | 22 |
| 14 | Fakel | 24 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | Khimki | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -29 | 17 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 13 |
