Akhmat Grozny vs Spartak Moskva match preview: Even contest expected at Akhmat Arena

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Akhmat Grozny and Spartak Moskva are impatient to let the world see their new recruits and finesse: It's the first fixture of the Premier League season.

Spartak Moskva have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Akhmat Grozny and Spartak 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.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

In the previous season, Akhmat Grozny's league stats were 13 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses, ending with 7th spot in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and let in 38. Appearing at home in the previous season Akhmat Grozny managed 9-0-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 17 conceded.

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 12 games. Akhmat Grozny has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Akhmat Grozny, who have participated in one training match. Akhmat Grozny have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Let's have a look at how Spartak Moskva performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 15/24 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spartak Moskva playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Spartak Moskva wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Just as the home team, Spartak have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Spartak Moskva wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Akhmat Grozny wins - draws - Spartak Moskva wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Spartak Moskva missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akhmat Grozny Spartak Moskva
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 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% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Akhmat Grozny Last season Spartak Moskva
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
13 9   Won W   4 10
3 0   Drew D   3 8
14 6   Lost L   8 12
36 23   Scored S   15 37
38 17   Conceded C   24 41
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
77% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 80%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
17% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 17%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
30% 20%   Failed to Score F T   27% 17%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 5.7
3.9 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.1
2.8 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
5 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
14 16.1   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 14.9
4.7 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5
26% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 25%
 
11.2 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.4 10.7
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

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 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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