Premier League: The middle-of-the-table placements highlight the path Akhmat Grozny and FK Nizjni Novgorod have been on so far. Both contenders are set to play; bring it on!
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
These teams have little in common geographically as FK Nizjni Novgorod 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 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Happy days for Akhmat Grozny in their previous game, a fixture away at Lokomotiv Moskva (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Shelia loved the game against Lokomotiv Moskva. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
Before that game, a home victory hosting Orenburg in the Russian Cup. 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 Grozny's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.
There will be little rest for Akhmat after this match as they are travelling to Dinamo Moskva for a Russian Cup game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Akhmat Grozny's 4 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
FK Nizjni Novgorod had fun at their own home (Akhmat Arena) last time out, beating Fakel 3-1. Kalinskiy (2) and Milson scored. The attacker Kalinskiy got a match rating of 9.02 in that game. Kalinskiy scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that, the victory at home against Lokomotiv Moskva in the Russian Cup (2-0).
A quick return to home after this game, as FK Nizjni Novgorod are hosting Khimki in the Russian Cup only three days away.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: three - zero - zero (Akhmat wins - draws - FK Nizjni Novgorod wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Kalinsky 4 goals |  M. Konaté 3 goals | T. Suleymanov 3 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 5.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 7.2 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.2 | 12 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 43% |
| 14.4 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 32 | 21 | 15.8 |
| 5.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 6.5 | 5 |
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sochi | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Khimki | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Fakel | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 4 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -15 | 1 |
