Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Akhmat Grozny and Ural

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Akhmat Arena (30597 seats)

Let's get ready for Akhmat Grozny - Ural! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this game could be cracking!

Insights:
  • Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ural, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Russian Cup.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Akhmat Grozny have to build on here at Akhmat Arena in the Premier League.

Akhmat Grozny are confident in defense, having played 259 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Akhmat Grozny shared the glory with Spartak Moskva in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Akhmat's goalie Shelia played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Spartak Moskva with a stunning six saves. Shelia, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.22 out of 10 in that game. Shelia topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Krylya Sovetov.

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 5 games. Akhmat Grozny has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Some stats: A review of the 17 most recent league games shows that 13 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

The Akhmat Grozny fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Ural form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Vloet was the last player to score for the away team. Ural haven't scored a league goal in the last 205 minutes.

The followers enjoyed Ural's previous match versus Spartak Moskva, a Russian Cup win (2-1) played at home.

Prior to that match, the Ural manager Goncharenko faced defeat when travelling to Zenit and losing 0-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ural have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ural have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Akhmat Grozny have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Ural.

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met earlier this season; Ural - Akhmat Grozny 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

Akhmat GroznyM. Konaté
M. Konaté
7 goals
AkhmatA. Timofeev
A. Timofeev
6 goals
UralA. Kashtanov
A. Kashtanov
5 goals

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Ural missing players

Akhmat Grozny Ural
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
10 4 2 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
8 4 2 Lost L 1 4 10
31 12 5 Scored S 6 12 24
29 12 6 Conceded C 7 16 33
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
76% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 81%
71% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 57%
29% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
76% 70% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
19% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 19%
14% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 38%
 
4.8 5.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5 5.6
5.6 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 5.1
2.5 2.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.4 2.6
3 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
13.3 15.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 10.8 12.8
4.9 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.1 4.1
30% 24% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 28%
 
14.4 11 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15.6 13.7
4.8 2.9 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Ural have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 21 16 3 2 55 10 11 10 0 1 39 6 10 6 3 1 16 4 45 51
2 Rostov 21 13 5 3 38 28 12 8 2 2 22 16 9 5 3 1 16 12 10 44
3 Spartak Moskva 21 12 5 4 45 24 10 7 2 1 25 9 11 5 3 3 20 15 21 41
4 CSKA Moskva 21 11 5 5 37 20 10 7 2 1 25 8 11 4 3 4 12 12 17 38
5 Dinamo Moskva 21 10 5 6 36 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 10 3 3 4 16 16 10 35
6 Akhmat Grozny 21 10 3 8 31 29 10 4 2 4 12 12 11 6 1 4 19 17 2 33
7 Krasnodar 21 9 5 7 44 35 10 5 2 3 20 15 11 4 3 4 24 20 9 32
8 Orenburg 21 10 2 9 41 41 10 8 1 1 28 11 11 2 1 8 13 30 0 32
9 Sochi 21 9 4 8 31 39 10 6 3 1 20 12 11 3 1 7 11 27 -8 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 21 7 4 10 31 37 10 2 3 5 17 19 11 5 1 5 14 18 -6 25
11 Ural 21 7 4 10 24 33 11 4 1 6 12 17 10 3 3 4 12 16 -9 25
12 Krylya Sovetov 21 5 6 10 21 32 10 2 4 4 8 11 11 3 2 6 13 21 -11 21
13 Olimpiyets 21 5 4 12 23 41 11 2 2 7 14 27 10 3 2 5 9 14 -18 19
14 Fakel 21 2 11 8 27 39 11 2 7 2 17 17 10 0 4 6 10 22 -12 17
15 Khimki 21 3 4 14 19 47 11 2 3 6 8 18 10 1 1 8 11 29 -28 13
16 Torpedo Moskva 21 2 4 15 13 35 10 1 1 8 4 17 11 1 3 7 9 18 -22 10

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.