Struggling Akhmat Grozny will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rostov in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rostov, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Akhmat Grozny at their home stadium (Akhmat Arena) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. With eight home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Akhmat Grozny fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Orenburg game long ago, can be stopped today.
The Akhmat Grozny crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ufa here at Akhmat Arena in a Premier League match. Before that game, the home loss against Ufa with the scoreline 0-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Akhmat Grozny perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Akhmat Grozny as a small favourite), we find eight games. Akhmat Grozny has won three of these, drawn two and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Russian Cup game versus Zenit in only four days. This game is also played here at Akhmat Arena.
Akhmat Grozny aren't scoring a lot here at Akhmat Arena in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. Akhmat Grozny have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Rostov form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Rostov, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.
Two travels in a row for Rostov, whose manager V. Karpin could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Spartak Moskva. Prior to that result Rostov won their away game at Spartak Moskva. The scoreline was 4-1.
Rostov goalie Sergei Pesyakov was high and low in the Spartak Moskva game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rostov playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were zero Rostov wins, zero draws and two defeats.
Rostov has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. For Rostov, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Rostov - Akhmat Grozny 2-1, played this season. Akhmat Grozny-Rostov H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akhmat Grozny five wins, Rostov three wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 E. Shomurodov 10 goals |  A. Ionov 5 goals | K. Bayramyan 4 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Rostov missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 34 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 28 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 79% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 37% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 16% |
| 47% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 90% | 74% |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 42% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 235 | 135 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 143 | 317 |
| 73 | 38 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 52 | 109 |
| 18% | 21% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | 31% |
- Akhmat Grozny has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- Akhmat Grozny has the the worst goal difference (-11)
- All of Rostov's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rostov has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Rostov has the most conceded goals (21) away
- Rostov has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
- Rostov has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
- Rostov has the most matches over the total-line (16)
- Rostov has the most scored goals (19) away
- Rostov has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Rostov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Rostov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rostov have scored more than double the goals of Akhmat Grozny.
- Rostov have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rostov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Rostov | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Ufa | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Ural | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Tambov | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Orenburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Akhmat Grozny | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Sochi | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 15 |