Akhmat Grozny are up for a new challenge after their 1-1 against Fakel last time out. Sochi are coming to play!
- Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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!
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-2-4.
Akhmat Grozny drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fakel (placed 14th). Semenov was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.01 out of 10. The defender Semenov won 8 of 9 duels.
Ahead of that match, Akhmat Grozny won a home game hosting Ural (2-0).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 as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Akhmat Grozny has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Sports bettors who like betting for low-scoring matches might like knowing that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).
Akhmat Grozny has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Akhmat Grozny's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sochi form and stats
There's been little loot from Sochi's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Sochi only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Sochi failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Krasnodar (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2. It's possibly a bad omen for Sochi that their goalie Adamov pulled off seven saves in the Krasnodar fixture, but still were unable to rescue them from a beating.
A loss against Krylya Sovetov was the result prior to that, in a home game.Take note: 9 of the latest 12 league games involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
For Sochi, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sochi have been victorious in all of the 5 most recent fixtures versus this opponent. Something to take note of?This is what happened when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Sochi - Akhmat Grozny 2-1.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 11 goals |   A. Timofeev 7 goals |  M. Konaté 7 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Sochi missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Sochi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 34 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 30 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 43 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 26% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 74% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 36% | 52% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 13% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 30% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | 24.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9.7 | 12.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 33% |
| 14.2 | 10.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 15.3 | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
- All of Sochi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sochi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sochi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sochi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sochi 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 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 46 | 55 |
| 2 | Rostov | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 46 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 44 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 38 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 47 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -3 | 33 |
| 9 | Sochi | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -11 | 31 |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Ural | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 25 |
| 13 | Olimpiyets | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 19 |
| 14 | Fakel | 23 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | Khimki | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 14 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -21 | 13 |
