Premier League preview: Can Akhmat Grozny edge out victory against Lokomotiv Moskva?

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

This season has been a rollercoaster for these contenders so far, loss and gain giving mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Akhmat Grozny - Lokomotiv Moskva!

Insights:
  • Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League

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

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Akhmat Grozny have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Akhmat travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ural that ended 0-0. Gudiev, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.13 out of 10 in that game. Gudiev topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Rubin Kazan that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Akhmat Grozny handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and two defeats.

Akhmat have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Akhmat Arena with 18 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Akhmat Grozny have conceded 12 goals.

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Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats

2 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

The manager Gisdol was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue RZD Arena. Lokomotiv Moskva suffered a 1-2 loss to CSKA Moskva (placed 3rd).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Khimki.

Lokomotiv Moskva are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

The visiting Lokomotiv have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Lokomotiv Moskva have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lokomotiv Moskva - Akhmat 1-2 was the output when these squads previously met, some time ago this season. Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Akhmat Grozny, three draws and five wins for Lokomotiv Moskva. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

AkhmatD. Utkin
D. Utkin
7 goals
Akhmat GroznyM. Konaté
M. Konaté
6 goals
Lokomotiv MoskvaR. Zhemaletdinov
R. Zhemaletdinov
5 goals

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Lokomotiv Moskva missing players

Akhmat Grozny Lokomotiv Moskva
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 9 20
10 7 0 Won W 0 2 8
1 0 0 Drew D 2 6 7
10 4 2 Lost L 0 1 5
27 18 1 Scored S 3 10 28
27 12 3 Conceded C 3 10 23
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 90%
81% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 85%
62% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 55%
14% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 20%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
62% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 75%
14% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 20%
29% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 15%
 
4.5 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 5.5
4.1 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.6 5.9
2.5 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.7 3.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
15.6 17.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 12.1 11.7
4.9 5.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 4.2
26% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 33%
 
11.3 10.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15 14.7 13.6
3.3 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Akhmat Grozny haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lokomotiv Moskva have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League

  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 21 13 6 2 50 23 11 9 1 1 33 13 10 4 5 1 17 10 27 45
2 Dinamo Moskva 21 13 3 5 40 23 11 6 2 3 19 10 10 7 1 2 21 13 17 42
3 CSKA Moskva 21 12 3 6 26 17 10 6 2 2 11 5 11 6 1 4 15 12 9 39
4 Sochi 21 12 2 7 33 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 11 5 2 4 11 12 12 38
5 Krasnodar 20 10 5 5 33 20 9 5 2 2 13 7 11 5 3 3 20 13 13 35
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 20 8 7 5 28 23 11 6 1 4 18 13 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 31
7 Akhmat Grozny 21 10 1 10 27 27 11 7 0 4 18 12 10 3 1 6 9 15 0 31
8 Krylya Sovetov 20 8 5 7 25 21 11 5 3 3 17 10 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 29
9 Spartak Moskva 21 7 5 9 23 30 11 4 3 4 15 14 10 3 2 5 8 16 -7 26
10 Rubin Kazan 20 7 4 9 27 31 9 4 2 3 14 11 11 3 2 6 13 20 -4 25
11 FK Nizjni Novgorod 21 6 5 10 19 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 11 3 4 4 9 15 -12 23
12 Ural 21 4 8 9 13 21 10 1 6 3 5 8 11 3 2 6 8 13 -8 20
13 Arsenal Tula 21 5 5 11 24 43 10 3 4 3 12 15 11 2 1 8 12 28 -19 20
14 Rostov 19 4 6 9 30 36 10 2 2 6 17 20 9 2 4 3 13 16 -6 18
15 Ufa 21 3 8 10 18 30 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 1 3 7 7 18 -12 17
16 Khimki 21 2 9 10 18 37 11 1 7 3 10 14 10 1 2 7 8 23 -19 15

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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.