Akhmat Grozny hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 12th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Ufa holds 9th place with 22 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Akhmat Grozny nor Ufa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Ufa when visiting Akhmat Grozny as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
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 2 defeats. Akhmat Grozny are slowly digging their own grave here at Akhmat-Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Orenburg match.
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. In the match before that, Akhmat Grozny hosted Rubin Kazan' and drew the game 1-1.
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 nine games. Akhmat Grozny has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Akhmat Grozny aren't scoring a lot here at Akhmat-Arena in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Ufa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ufa so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Ufa, as they have won on their previous two travels.
245 minutes! That's how long the Ufa goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Ufa, whose manager V. Evseev could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Akhmat Grozny. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Krylya Sovetov at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Ufa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ufa, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Ufa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Akhmat Grozny - Ufa 0-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Akhmat Grozny won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Ufa has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6Top Goalscorers
  O. Ivanov 5 goals |  A. Mbengue 5 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Ufa missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Ufa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 89% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 40% | 56% | 79% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 22% | 47% |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 22% | 26% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 47% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 37% |
| 21% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 67% | 47% |
| 42% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 67% | 37% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 235 | 135 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 85 | 217 |
| 73 | 38 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 23 | 68 |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 17% | 24% |
- Akhmat Grozny has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- Ufa has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Ufa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Rostov | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Ufa | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Ural | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Tambov | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan' | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 16 | Sochi | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 14 |