On paper it looks like advantage Akhmat Grozny in this match against Lokomotiv Moskva, but the away side will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match guide!
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
It's quite the trip for Lokomotiv Moskva when visiting Akhmat Grozny as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Akhmat Grozny and Lokomotiv Moskva should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Akhmat Grozny at their home stadium (Stadion im. Sultana Bilimkhanova) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Akhmat Grozny's last game was hosting Orenburg (placed 9th) and winning 3-1. Midfielder Timofeev was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Timofeev scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
In the game before, a strong away victory at Ufa. A Russian Cup match. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Akhmat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Sports bettors should know that 13 of the most recent 14 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Krasnodar are coming to town in four days.
Akhmat Grozny are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Akhmat have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
3-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lokomotiv Moskva in their Premier League matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Lokomotiv Moskva, whose manager Galaktionov could celebrate last time after the win against Rostov. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone four league matches without victory. Dzyuba certainly enjoyed Lokomotiv Moskva's last game versus Rostov, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-1 victory. The attacker Dzyuba got a match rating of 9.25 in that game. Dzyuba scored three goals.
A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Spartak Moskva, earlier.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Russian Cup trip to Akron.
It's early days yet, but Lokomotiv Moskva has scored 9 and conceded 18 goals from their travels in the league so far (9 games).
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded match between these teams is the Lokomotiv Moskva - Akhmat Grozny 1-2 played not long ago this season. Akhmat-Lokomotiv Moskva H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akhmat Grozny three wins, Lokomotiv Moskva five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Konaté 7 goals |  A. Timofeev 5 goals |   A. Miranchuk 5 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 28 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 35 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 89% | 78% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 56% |
| 11% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 33% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 14.8 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 9.4 | 12.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 32% | 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 14.1 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 14.7 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
- Lokomotiv Moskva have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lokomotiv Moskva 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Rostov | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sochi | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Fakel | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 15 | Khimki | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 7 |
