All you need to know about the Akhmat Grozny - Sochi game:

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Mon 02.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Only the second game in the Premier League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Akhmat Arena as Akhmat Grozny welcomes Sochi. Check out this preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

These teams have little in common geographically as Sochi have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Last season, Akhmat Grozny's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Akhmat Grozny managed 7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 15 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Akhmat, who won 2-1 against Krylya Sovetov (placed 9th). Midfield player Vladislav Karapuzov got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Karapuzov served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Spartak Moskva.

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Sochi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sochi performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 18/21 goals scored/conceded. Sochi have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 15 fixtures.

A. Yusupov was the last player to score for the away team. Sochi haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Sochi are travelling again after losing away to Olimpiyets in their previous match (0-1). Midfield player Christian Noboa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Noboa hit the woodwork once, hit nine key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Khimki that ended 0-0.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sochi has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Akhmat zero wins, one draw and Sochi three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Sochi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akhmat Grozny Sochi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 8
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 20
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Akhmat Grozny Last season Sochi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 7   Won W   5 15
7 4   Drew D   4 8
12 4   Lost L   6 7
36 23   Scored S   18 49
38 15   Conceded C   21 33
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
73% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 73%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
30% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 37%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 17%
37% 47%   BTTS BTTS   60% 60%
27% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
47% 33%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
5.7 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
3.9 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.6
3.4 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
7 2   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.2 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.5
4.5 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.4
26% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Olimpiyets 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Krylya Sovetov 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Sochi 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 30 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Olimpiyets 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Krylya Sovetov 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Sochi 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
12 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
13 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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