Premier League match prediction and preview for Akhmat Grozny vs Khimki clash

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Season ticket holders at Akhmat Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Akhmat Grozny languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting Khimki will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Akhmat Grozny have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Khimki have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Khimki are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Akhmat Grozny have played 12 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Akhmat will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Ufa (placed 15th). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ufa.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Krylya Sovetov are coming to town in three days.

The Akhmat Grozny fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Akhmat Grozny are not conceding a lot of goals here at Akhmat Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.

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Khimki form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Khimki playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Khimki had fun at their own home (Akhmat Arena) last time out, beating Tambov 1-0. Denis Glushakov scored. A 0-2 defeat away at Zenit before that.

Khimki have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Khimki struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Khimki - Akhmat Grozny 1-2. Last eight meetings between the teams: Akhmat Grozny won six, Khimki won two and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Akhmat GroznyB. Berisha
B. Berisha
8 goals
KhimkiR. Mirzov
R. Mirzov
6 goals
AkhmatV. Ilyin
V. Ilyin
5 goals

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Khimki missing players

Akhmat Grozny Khimki
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 5 12 25
9 5 1 Won W 1 3 11
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 5
11 4 3 Lost L 2 5 9
27 15 3 Scored S 4 15 31
32 11 4 Conceded C 6 21 34
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
72% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 72%
44% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 40%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 24%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
28% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 52%
32% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 32%
52% 42% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3 3.1
7 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
13.4 15.6 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 12.2
4.7 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 4.2
23% 24% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Akhmat Grozny have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
  • Khimki 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 24 15 6 3 55 21 13 11 1 1 41 12 11 4 5 2 14 9 34 51
2 Spartak Moskva 24 14 5 5 49 28 12 7 3 2 28 12 12 7 2 3 21 16 21 47
3 CSKA Moskva 24 13 4 7 42 25 12 6 3 3 25 15 12 7 1 4 17 10 17 43
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 24 13 4 7 32 26 11 8 1 2 17 8 13 5 3 5 15 18 6 43
5 Rubin Kazan 25 13 4 8 34 29 12 5 3 4 15 15 13 8 1 4 19 14 5 43
6 Dinamo Moskva 24 13 3 8 36 26 12 9 1 2 22 5 12 4 2 6 14 21 10 42
7 Sochi 24 11 7 6 38 26 12 8 4 0 26 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 12 40
8 Khimki 25 11 5 9 31 34 13 8 1 4 16 13 12 3 4 5 15 21 -3 38
9 Rostov 25 11 4 10 32 27 12 4 2 6 14 13 13 7 2 4 18 14 5 37
10 Krasnodar 24 10 4 10 44 35 13 7 3 3 31 18 11 3 1 7 13 17 9 34
11 Akhmat Grozny 25 9 5 11 27 32 12 5 3 4 15 11 13 4 2 7 12 21 -5 32
12 Ural 24 6 11 7 22 30 12 5 5 2 12 9 12 1 6 5 10 21 -8 29
13 Rotor Volgograd 24 4 6 14 12 38 13 2 2 9 4 20 11 2 4 5 8 18 -26 18
14 Arsenal Tula 24 4 5 15 19 42 11 4 4 3 14 14 13 0 1 12 5 28 -23 17
15 Ufa 25 4 5 16 18 41 12 2 3 7 11 15 13 2 2 9 7 26 -23 17
16 Tambov 25 3 4 18 15 46 13 2 2 9 8 19 12 1 2 9 7 27 -31 13

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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.