Akhmat Grozny will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Krasnodar.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Akhmat Grozny have to build on here at Akhmat Arena. The Akhmat Grozny manager R. Rakhimov might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.Happy days for Akhmat Grozny in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Anzhi that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Lokomotiv Moskva with the scoreline 1-3.
Akhmat Grozny are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Dinamo Moskva awaits in three days.
Akhmat Grozny aren't scoring a lot here at Akhmat Arena with only 10 goals from 11 games. Akhmat Grozny have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Krasnodar form and stats
5-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Krasnodar in their matches away.Krasnodar failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Zenit that ended with defeat 2-3. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dinamo Moskva.
After this away game Krasnodar return home for a Premier League game against CSKA Moskva. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Krasnodar are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Krasnodar as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Krasnodar - Akhmat Grozny 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Akhmat Grozny won 2, Krasnodar won 7 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
  V. Claesson 8 goals / 6 assists |  M. Suleymanov 7 goals |  Ari 7 goals / 4 assists |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Krasnodar missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Krasnodar | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | Played | 11 | 24 |
| 23 | 10 | Scored | 17 | 43 |
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | 10 | 21 |
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 73% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 79% |
| 33% | 27% | Over 2.5 | 55% | 58% |
| 17% | 18% | Over 3.5 | 9% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 55% | Both teams to score | 64% | 50% |
| 29% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 38% |
| 29% | 27% | Failed To Score | 9% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 4 | 7 |
- Krasnodar hasn'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 | D | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 42 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Orenburg | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | Rostov | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 11 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Ural | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | Ufa | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 20 | -30 | 19 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 13 |
