Football match preview: Akhmat Grozny vs CSKA Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Game week two of the Premier League campaign and the teams have done their adjustments after the first game. Here's the best Akhmat Grozny - CSKA Moskva preview:

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CSKA Moskva, who are travelling more than 1800 kilometers to play this game.

CSKA Moskva could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Russian Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Orenburg. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

In the previous season, Akhmat Grozny's league statistics were 15 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, providing 5th place in the Premier League. In these 30 matches they scored {51 goals} and gave away 39. Playing at home in the last season Akhmat Grozny managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 17 conceded. Akhmat Grozny's first Premier League home game here at Akhmat Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 15 matches.

The fans are hoping that Akhmat Grozny will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Russian Cup fixture against Zenit.

Ahead of that match, Akhmat lost 1-2 at home to Krylya Sovetov.

Early season league goal statistics from Akhmat Grozny's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

Let's have a look at how CSKA Moskva performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded {27 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 18/16 goals scored/conceded. CSKA Moskva have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats from 15 fixtures.

Two travels in a row for CSKA Moskva, whose manager Fedotov could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Orenburg.

A 1-2 defeat away at Ural before that.

CSKA Moskva have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Akhmat Grozny-CSKA Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akhmat Grozny one win, CSKA Moskva nine wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Akhmat GroznyG. Agalarov
G. Agalarov
1 goals
CSKA MoskvaA. Zabolotnyi
A. Zabolotnyi
1 goals

Akhmat Grozny missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akhmat Grozny CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 1 1
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
8 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 21 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
10 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Akhmat Grozny Last season CSKA Moskva
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 7   Won W   6 17
5 3   Drew D   4 7
10 5   Lost L   5 6
51 21   Scored S   18 56
39 17   Conceded C   16 27
93% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 77%
70% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 60%
33% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 30%
17% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 13%
70% 60%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
27% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 37%
10% 13%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
4.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 5.1
5.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 3.9
2.7 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
13.2 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   13 15.1
4.9 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 5.5
34% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 34%
 
13.1 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 10.4
4.3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 2.9

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 FK Nizjni Novgorod 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 30 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 FK Nizjni Novgorod 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 FK Nizjni Novgorod 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.